Amedeo Modigliani
Tête de face avec collier
Property of a Private British Collector
Amedeo Modigliani
1884 - 1920
Tête de face avec collier
stamped with the collector's mark and bears the number 24,9 (lower left)
black crayon on paper
42.9 by 26.3cm., 16⅞ by 10⅜in.
Framed: 62.5 by 51cm., 24⅝ by 20⅛in.
Executed circa 1911-14.
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at each corner and floating in the overmount. The left edge is serrated. There is an artist's pinhole to the lower right corner and a tiny surface accretion to the upper right corner. There are some handling creases in places and a flattened fold to the lower right corner. The sheet is slightly time stained and there are some spots of foxing in places. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Paul Alexandre, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Noël Alexandre, France (by descent from the above)
Richard Nathanson, London (probably acquired from the above)
Private Collection, UK (acquired from the above in 2005)
Trinity House Paintings (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner