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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.253
People
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian (Livorno, Italy 1884 - 1920 Paris, France)
Title
Portrait of a Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1915-1916
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294681

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
43.6 x 26.4 cm (17 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: modigliani

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1952, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.253
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 172, pp. 371, 375, 381

Exhibition History

  • [Benefit exhibition for the Boston Arts Festival], Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 05/08/1956 - 05/29/1956
  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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