Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani
model 1920, cast 1929
Sculptor, French, 1891 - 1973
Artist, French, active 20th century
Painter, French, 1891 - 1953
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 22.2 × 15.1 × 11.5 cm, 4 lb. (8 3/4 × 5 15/16 × 4 1/2 in., 1.814 kg)
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Accession
1963.10.237
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cast 1929 for Mrs. Maud Dale [1875-1953], New York;[1] Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; his estate; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] James N. Rosenberg wrote to Mrs. Dale on 10 September 1929, quoting the story of how the original plaster mask came to be made as told to him in a letter from Moïse Kisling, and telling Mrs. Dale that he was "going to have a replica made for you" of the bronze replica of the mask he himself owned. The letter is in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1933
Modigliani, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1933, no. 148.
1934
Modigliani, Kunsthalle, Basel, 1934, no. 128.
1951
Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951, unnumbered catalogue.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1987
Sculpture: Looking into Three Dimensions, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska, 1987-1988, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 100, repro., as by Kisling.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 159, as by Kisling.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 141, repro., as by Kisling.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 136, repro.
Inscriptions
raised numerals, upside down, at top of forehead reverse: 508
Wikidata ID
Q63854678