LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

36.38 in. (92.40 cm.) (height) by 23.62 in. (60.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'modigliani' (upper right)

Exhibited:

The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Opening Exhibition in Honor of James Philip and Julia Emma Gray, October-November 1933, p. 32, no. 120. New York, Valentine Gallery (Valentine Dudensing), Twelve Portraits by Modigliani and a Group of Modern French Paintings, January 1940, no. 12. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, 1943 (illustrated; dated 1918). Cincinnati Art Museum, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, April-May 1959, no. 21 (dated circa 1918). New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni, May-June 1960, p. 100, no. 107 (illustrated; titled Portrait of Madame Chechowska and dated 1918). London, National Portrait Gallery, Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000, October 2000-February 2001, p. 90 (illustrated in color, p. 91). London, Royal Academy of the Arts, Modigliani and His Models, July-October 2006, p. 135, no. 47 (illustrated in color, p. 134).

Literature:

M. Dale, Modern Art: Modigliani, New York, 1929 (illustrated, pl. 31; incorrectly titled Portrait of Mme Zborowska). A. Pfannstiel, L'art et la vie: Modigliani, Paris, 1929, p. 49 (illustrated). A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre: Etude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1956, pp. 153-154, no. 293. A. Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre, Milan, 1958, p. 67, no. 145 (illustrated). A. Ceroni and L. Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, 1970, p. 104, no. 318 (illustrated). J. Lanthemann, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, sa vie, son oeuvre complet, son art, Barcelona, 1970, p. 133, no. 382 (illustrated, p. 261). A. Davis, "Sutton Place Townhouse: Italian Designer Blends Fine Art and Décor" in Architectural Digest, December 1977, pp. 38-47 (illustrated in color in situ in Drue Heinz's home, p. 34). C. Roy, Modigliani, Geneva, 1985, pp. 140 and 158 (illustrated, p. 140; dated 1918). T. Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Paris, 1987, p. 206 (illustrated). J.C. Oates, The Assignation, New York, 1988 (illustrated in color on the cover). C. Parisot, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Florence, 1991, vol. II, pp. 245 and 342, no. 16/1919 (illustrated, p. 245). O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale dipinti, Milan, 1991, p. 322, no. 329 (illustrated). C. Parisot, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Florence, 2012, vol. V, no. 16/1919 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Leopold Zborowski, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York (acquired from the above, by 1932); Estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 6 December 1939, lot 58. Chester Dale, New York (acquired at the above sale). M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 5 April 1954). Acquired from the above by the late owner, 3 November 1954.