Girl in a Green Blouse

1917

Amedeo Modigliani

Artist, Italian, 1884 - 1920

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 81.3 x 46 cm (32 x 18 1/8 in.)
    framed: 95.9 x 60 cm (37 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.45


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marcel Norero; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 February 1927, no. 80, as Le Corsage Vert); (Etienne Bignou, Paris);[1] sold 5 April 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]Osvaldo Patani's Amadeo Modigliani: Catalogo Generale, 1991 attributes another owner, Georges Cheron of Paris, before Chester Dale. However, this is the only source that states this provenance.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1922

  • Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1922.

1927

  • A Century of French Painting, McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, 1927, no. 54

1929

  • Reid and Lefevre Galleries, London, 1929.

1931

  • Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., New York, 1931, no. 15.

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1983

  • Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983-1984, unnumbered brochure [exhibited in Washington only].

Bibliography

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 100, repro., as Le Corsage Vert.

1930

  • Read, H.A. "The Chester Dale Collection." Vogue 25 (15 February 1930): repro. 81.

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro., as The Green Blouse.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 62, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 90.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 80, repro.

1970

  • Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. Catalogue raisonné. Barcelona, 1970: 135, no. 407, repro.

  • Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Leone Piccioni. I dipinti di Modigliani. Milan, 1970: no. 114, repro.

1972

  • Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Françoise Cachin. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani. Translated by Simone Darses. Paris, 1972: no. 114, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 234, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 586, no. 899, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 272, repro.

Inscriptions

upper right: modigliani

Wikidata ID

Q20192113


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