LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Modigliani (lower right)

Exhibited:

Zürich, Kunsthaus, Italienische Maler, 1927, no. 106; Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent chefs-d'oeuvre des peintres de l'Ecole de Paris, 1946; Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent chefs-d'oeuvre d'art francais, 1947, illustrated in color in the catalogue; Paris, Musée national d'Art Moderne, L'Art Moderne Italien, 1950, no. 49 (titled Nu assis); Rome, VI Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte, Amedeo Modigliani, 1951-52, no. 13; Tokyo; Osaka; Sapporo; Nagoya, Mitsukoshi, La Ruche-Ecole de Paris et Montparnasse, 1978, no. 56; Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Ruche et Montparnasse, 1978-79, no. 94; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Amedeo Modigliani, 1981, no. 54, illustrated in color in the catalogue (titled Nu assis sur un divan, La Belle Romaine); Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen & Zürich, Kunsthaus, Amedeo Modigliani, Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, 1991, no. 62, illustrated in color in the catalogue (titled Nu assis)

Literature:

Maurice de Vlaminck, "Modigliani," L'Art Vivant, Paris, 1925; "Gemälde von Modigliani," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt, July 1925, illustrated; André Salmon, Modigliani, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris, 1926, illustrated pl. 6; Mark Schwartz, Modigliani, Paris, 1927, illustrated pl. XI; Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris, 1929, catalogued p. 24; Michel Georges-Michel, Les Montparnos, Paris, 1929 (revised edition), illustrated p. 189; "Amedeo Modigliani," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt, January 1931, illustrated p. 245; René Huyghe, French paintings, the Contemporaries, Paris, 1940, illustrated pl. 6; Georges Besson, 1900-1940, Amplepuis-Rhône, 1944, illustrated pl. 18; Rafaello Franchi, Modigliani, Florence, 1944, ilustrated pl. 11; Rafaello Franchi, Modigliani, Florence, 1946, illustrated pl. XIX; Pierre Descargues, Modigliani, Paris, 1951, illustrated on the cover; Enzo Carli, Modigliani, Rome, 1952, illustrated pl. 17 and on the cover; Paolo d'Ancona, Modigliani, Chagall, Soutine, Pascin - Aspetti dell'Espressionismo, Milan, 1952, illustrated pl. 18; Paul Ferdinand Schmidt, Geschichte der Modernen Malerei, Zürich, 1952, illustrated pl. 16; "Omaggio a Amedeo Modigliani," Rivista di Livorno, Livorno, July-August 1954, illustrated pl. 14; Georges Poisson, La donna nella pittura francese moderna, Novara, 1955, illustrated pl. 44/a; E. Lavavigno, L'Arte Moderna, vol. II, Turin, 1956, illustrated p. 1033; Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, Etude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1956, no. 147, fig. 31, illustrated p. 114; Marcel Brion, La peinture moderne de l'Impressionnisme et l'art abstrait, Paris, 1957, illustrated p. 81; Jean-Albert Cartier, Modigliani- Nus, Paris, 1958, illustrated pl. 15; Ambrogio Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani, Peintre, Milan, 1958, no. 129, illustrated in color pl. 129 (titled Nu assis (au divan) and as dating from circa 1917-18); Franco Russoli, Modigliani, London, 1959, illustrated pl. 21; Corrado Pavolini, Modigliani, Milan, 1966, illustrated pl. 14; Alfred Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, New York, 1968, illustrated p. 135; Gaston Diehl, Modigliani, Lugano, 1969, illustrated p. 69; Csorba Geza, Modigliani, Budapest, 1969, illustrated pl. 15; Nello Ponente, Modigliani, Florence, 1969, no. 50; Ambrogio Ceroni & Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, 1970, no. 192, illustrated p. 97 and pl. XXXIII (as dating from 1917); Joseph Lanthemann, Modigliani, 1884-1920- Catalogue raisonné, sa vie, son oeuvre complet, son art, Barcelona, 1970, no. 141, illustrated in color p. 196 (titled Nu assis); Ambrogio Ceroni & Françoise Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972, no. 192, illustrated p. 97 and in color pl. XXXIII; Carol Mann, Modigliani, London, 1980, no. 102, illustrated p. 142; Bernard Zurcher, Modigliani, Paris, 1980, illustrated pl. 39-40; Modigliani, gli anni della scultura (exhibition catalogue), Museo Progressivo d'Arte Contemporanea, Livorno, 1984, no. 23A, illustrated p. 123; Gaston Diehl, Modigliani, New York, 1985 (revised edition), illustrated p. 59; Claude Roy, Modigliani, Geneva, 1985, illustrated pp. 100, 104 and in color on the dust jacket; Alfred Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, New York, 1985, illustrated p. 107; Thérèse Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Paris, 1987, illustrated in color p. 149; Angela Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani- Les Nus, New York, 1989, no. 18, illustrated in color p. 71; Christian Parisot, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné, peintures, dessins, aquarelles, vol. I, Livorno, 1990, illustrated p. 152; vol. II, 1991, no. 33/1917, illustrated in color p. 169 (Nu assis sur le divan (La Belle Romaine)); Werner Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings, Munich, 1990, illustrated in color pl. 62; Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo generale, Milan, 1991, no. 195, illustrated in color p. 205 (titled Nudo seduto su un divano); Victoria Soto Caba, Modigliani, El rostro intemporal, Madrid, 2008, illustrated in color p. 328

Provenance:

Leopold Zborowski, Paris (acquired from the artist); Dr. Raymond-Jacques Sabouraud, Paris (most likely acquired from the above and until his death in 1937); Georges Renand, Paris (probably acquired through a dealer from the estate of the above, and sold: Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, November 20, 1987, lot 6); Private Collection, Asia (sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 11, 1999, lot 125); Acquired at the above sale by the present owner