Madame Kisling
c. 1917
Amedeo Modigliani
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: 46.2 x 33.2 cm (18 3/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
framed: 62.8 x 50.4 x 6.9 cm (24 3/4 x 19 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1963.10.175
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Probably (Etienne Bignou, Paris);[1] (Leicester Galleries, London); sold 20 April 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]According to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial records, Leicester bought the painting from a private collector, whom Dale identified as Bignou.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1928
Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, 1928, no. 29
1929
French Art Since Eighteen Hundred, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1929, unnumbered checklist published in Museum Bulletin, no. 9 (November 1929)
1931
Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., New York, 1931, no. 10.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 43, 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. 96, repro.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 43, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 45, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 56, 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: 80, repro.
1970
Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Leone Piccioni. I dipinti di Modigliani. Milan, 1970: no. 103, repro.
Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. Catalogue raisonné. Barcelona, 1970: 114. no. 107, repro
1972
Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Françoise Cachin. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani. Translated by Simone Darses. Paris, 1972: no. 103, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 238, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 588, no. 907, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 274, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: modigliani
Wikidata ID
Q3842242