2005.152: Head of a Woman

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2005.152

People

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian (Livorno, Italy 1884 - 1920 Paris, France)

Title

Head of a Woman

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1919

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/19148

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

44.5 x 26 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: lower right, graphite: Modigliani
• label: On backing, removed (see object file): The New Gallery / 601 Madison Avenue New York / Amadeo Modigliani 1884-1920 / Portrait d'une Femme / Pencil Drawing / 17" x 10"
• inscription: On backing, in graphite, removed (see object file): Modigliani / Head of a Woman

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[The New Gallery, New York, New York]. Richard B. Sisson, New York City and Cuba, New York, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

2005.152

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Collecting Privately, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, Maine, 1965), cat. no. 52

Exhibition History

• Collecting Privately, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 07/02/1965 - 09/05/1965

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