Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1929.123
People: Created by Moise Kisling, French (Krakow Poland 1891 - 1953 Sanary-sur-Mer, France)
Created by Conrad Moricand (Paris, France 1887 - 1954 Paris, France)
Completed by Jacques Lipchitz, French (Druskieniki, Lithuania 1891 - 1973 Capri, Italy)
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian (Livorno, Italy 1884 - 1920 Paris, France)
Title: Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: mask, sculpture
Date: 1920
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231443

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Plaster

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

24 x 15 x 12.5 cm (9 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: On verso, l.l.: Kisling
inscription: On verso: 24-1 (1920)/ Amadeo Modigliani/ a l'hopital de la Charite, Paris/ Kisling

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Moise Kisling (1920-1922); to James Naumburg Rosenberg (1922-1929), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg
Accession Year: 1929
Object Number: 1929.123
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Publication History

Jacques Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, Flammarion (Paris, 1954), p. 40-41.
John Updike, "Modigliani's Death Mask", The New Yorker, March 26, 1960, p. 34, 1960

Verification Level

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