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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.305
People
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian (Livorno, Italy 1884 - 1920 Paris, France)
Title
Caryatid
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/318007

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on three sheets of tan wove paper, darkened
Dimensions
68.8 x 26.1 cm (27 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: Modigliani
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 28 Lundi ON [?]
  • gallery label: THE NEW GALLERY / 212 [stamped in blue ink] / SIX HUNDRED MADISON AVE / NEW YORK / 75 [inscribed in red pencil]
  • inscription: verso, back of mount, brown ink: Je sous signe certifie[?] que le / present fig.[?] de cariyatide [sic] / est une original de Modigliani et que je / achetez personellement / de lui / Leopold Zborovski / 3 rue Joseph Bara / Paris 20 / IV 1922.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Amedeo Modigliani, sold; to Leopold Zborowski (by 1920- c. 1923), sold; to [James N. Rosenberg, The New Gallery] (c. 1923- ). Michael Biddle, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Michael Biddle, AB 1956, in memory of George Biddle, AB 1908, LLB 1911, and Helene Sardeau Biddle
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.305
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mason Klein, Modigliani Unmasked, exh. cat., The Jewish Museum, New York and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York, New Haven, London, 2017), p. 86, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Amedeo Modigliani, Jewish Museum, New York, 09/15/2017 - 02/04/2018

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