Amedeo Modigliani

Hunt & Mariska Diederich (acquired from the artist)
Sydney G. Biddle Collection, Westchester (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

New York, Perls Galleries, Modigliani (1884-1920), The Sydney G. Biddle Collection, 1956, no. 35
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Modigliani - An Anniversary Exhibition, 1984
Tokyo, National Prefectural Art Gallery & Aichi, Prefectural Art Gallery, Modigliani, 1985, no. 9

Alfred Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, New York, 1969, no. 68, illustrated p. 58
Joseph Lanthemann, Modigliani 1884-1920, Catalogue raisonné, sa vie, son oeuvre complet, son art, Barcelona, 1970, no. 446, illustrated p. 446
Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo Generale, Disegni 1906-1920 con i disegni provenienti dalla collezione Paul Alexandre (1906-1914), Milan, 1994, no. 11, illustrated p. 41

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on paper, attached to the mount in all four edges. The top edge is perforated. There are tiny nicks to the top, left and bottom edges. There is a 1cm. square area of paper loss to the bottom right corner and a 0.5 cm. area of paper loss to the bottom left corner. Apart from an area of foxing to the bottom right edge, visible in the catalogue illustration, and some slight discolouration to the edges this work is in good condition.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sydney G. Biddle were old friends of Hunt Diederich and his Russian born wife Mariska and met them again in Paris in 1911-12. The Hunts were then part of the circle around Modigliani and Beatrice Hastings and owned several drawings they had acquired from the artist. A few years later, Sydney Biddle acquired around 30 drawings directly from Mariska.