Frank Burty Haviland

1915

Amedeo Modigliani

Associated Names
Amedeo Modigliani

Artist, Italian, 1884 - 1920

The image shows a sketch of a person's head and partial upper torso. The head is tilted slightly downward and to the side, with long, wavy lines suggesting hair. The facial features are minimally indicated, with faint outlines for the eyes and mouth, while the nose is more pronounced with angular lines. The person appears to be wearing no visible clothing or accessories. The background is plain and unadorned, with some text and scribbles near the left side of the drawing. The entire composition is rendered in pencil on a light-colored paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William Kelly Simpson

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.2 × 27.62 cm (14 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.65.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paulette Jourdain [1904-1997], Paris; (Blumenthal); private collector; (sale, Christie's, London, 25 March 1986, no. 221); William K. Simpson, New York; bequest to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Cent Tableaux de Modigliani. Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1958, no. 154.

  • Modigliani. Musée Cantini, Marseilles, no. 70.

Bibliography

1994

  • Patani, Osvaldo. A. Modigliani, disegni. Milan, 1994: vol. 3, p. 67, no. 60.

2006

  • Parisot, Christian. Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné. Dessins, Aquarelles, Tome 3. Livorno, 2006: 140, 286, no. 161/15, repro.

Inscriptions

in graphite along left side, written sideways: Jeudi 1 avril 015; center left in graphite: F / R / A / N / K / HA / VI / LA / ND

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