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Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition

December 11, 1983 – April 22, 1984
East Building, Upper Level, Northeast, Pod I (3,000 sq. ft.)

Amedeo Modigliani, Nude on a Blue Cushion, 1917, oil on linen, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.46

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Overview: 25 paintings, 26 drawings, and 2 sculptures by Amedeo Modigliani from the National Gallery's Chester Dale collection and from private collections were assembled by Eliza Rathbone, with the assistance of Laura Coyle of the department of 20th-century art. The exhibition marked the 100th anniversary of Modigliani's birth in 1884.

Petit journal: Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition, by Eliza Rathbone. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1983.

Attendance: 172,837

Other Venues: J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, May 28–August 12, 1983
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, September 10–November 13, 1983

Modigliani, Amedeo
Italian, 1884 - 1920