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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.

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
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 90.
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.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 80, repro.
1970
Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Leone Piccioni. I dipinti di Modigliani. Milan, 1970: no. 114, repro.
1970
Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. Catalogue raisonné. Barcelona, 1970: 135, no. 407, 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.
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