Lot 218
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AMEDEO MODIGLIANI | Paul Alexandre assis de trois quarts vers la gauche, vu jusqu'à mi-corps, bras en rond

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description

  • Amedeo Modigliani
  • Paul Alexandre assis de trois quarts vers la gauche, vu jusqu'à mi-corps, bras en rond
  • stamped Dr P.A. and numbered 4,10 (lower left)
  • charcoal on paper
  • 21,8 x 17,6 cm; 8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1911.

Provenance

Paul Alexandre, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Venice, Palazzo Grassi; London, The Royal Academy of Arts (travelling exhibition also passing through Cologne, Madrid, Bruges, Tokyo, Luxembourg, New York, Montreal & Rouen), Modigliani inconnu : Dessins de la Collection Paul Alexandre, 1993-96, no. 351

Literature

Noël Alexandre, Modigliani inconnu, Témoignages, documents et dessins inédits de l'ancienne collection de Paul Alexandre, Brussels, 1993, no. 445, illustrated p. 446
Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogue Generale, Disegni 1906-1920 con i disegni provenienti dalla collezione Paul Alexandre (1906-1914), Milan, 1994, no. 845, illustrated p. 368  

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two points with tape along the upper edge and floating in its mount. The sheet is slightly undulating. There is a flattened fold running horizontally across the centre of the sheet. There are six spots of glue remnants on the verso along the upper edge, probably due to a previous framing. There are a few minor creases in areas, notably along the upper edge and to the lower left quadrant. There are a few minor scattered handling marks. The sheet is slightly lighstained with a few minor dots of foxing. This work is in overall very good condition.
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