Nude on a Divan
1918
Artist, Italian, 1884 - 1920


East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-A
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 60.2 x 91.7 cm (23 11/16 x 36 1/8 in.)
framed: 83.2 x 112.4 cm (32 3/4 x 44 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.77
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Madame Castaing, Château de Leves, Paris); Andre de Coppet [d. 1953], Paris; (Galerie Lalot, Paris); sold June 1929 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., New York, 1931, no. 28.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.
1954
Long term loan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1954-1963
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
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 60, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 91.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 79, repro.
1970
Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Leone Piccioni. I dipinti di Modigliani. Milan, 1970: no. 145, repro.
Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. Catalogue raisonné. Barcelona, 1970: 121, no. 211, repro.
1972
Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Françoise Cachin. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani. Translated by Simone Darses. Paris, 1972: no. 145, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 236, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 586, no. 902, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 273, repro.
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 245, repro.
Inscriptions
upper right: modigliani
Wikidata ID
Q20190344