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The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s late portraits
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 400-407
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Bezur, Anikó (Bezur, Anikó)
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Campos, Pedro H.O.V. (Campos, Pedro H.O.V.)
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana (Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana)
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Josenhans, Frauke V. (Josenhans, Frauke V.)
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Londero, Pablo (Londero, Pablo)
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Rizzutto, Márcia (Rizzutto, Márcia)
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Schwarz, Cynthia (Schwarz, Cynthia)
Subjects
art literature:
Venturi, Lionello
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo / Botticelli, Sandro / Ghirlandaio, Domenico / Pollaiolo, Antonio del / Pontormo
dates:
1910-1919
museums and institutions:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Nice / Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Neo-classicism / Renaissance / Mannerism / Style / Influence / Visual sources / Supports / Pigments / Colour / Alterations / Techniques / Underdrawings / Charcoal / Sitters / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a young woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. Here dated 1918–19. Canvas, 45.7 by 28 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
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10. Infra-red reflectography detail of the background of Fig.9, showing underdrawing and pentimenti (photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
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11. Portrait of the artist’s wife, Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918 (1919?). Canvas, 101 by 65.7 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena).
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2. Head of Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Canvas, 46 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
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3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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4. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1.
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5. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.8.
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6. Transmitted light photograph of Fig.8.
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7. Raking light detail photograph of Fig.8.
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8. Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 91.4 by 73 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Self-portrait, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo; photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
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[Appendix. Summary of the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts.]
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani in the South of France
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 394-399
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Fronek, Joe (Fronek, Joe)
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King, Annette (King, Annette)
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Townsend, Joyce H. (Townsend, Joyce H.)
Subjects
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo / Soutine, Chaim / Foujita, Tsugouharu / Archipenko, Alexander / Survage, Léopold / Kisling, Moise / Matisse, Henri / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Cézanne, Paul
dates:
1910-1919
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Nice
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Style / Influence / Visual sources / Supports / Pigments / Colour / Alterations / Techniques / Underdrawings / Charcoal / Tempera / Sitters / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The little peasant, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918. Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Tate, London).
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10. The Italian woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918–19. Canvas, 102.6 by 67 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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11. Photomicrograph of Fig.1 showing top of split in sitter’s shirt.
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12. Details of Fig.1 showing (a) sleeve of sitter’s right arm; and (b) sitter’s right knee.
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13. Details of signatures from (a) Fig.1; (b) Fig.2; and (c) Fig.10.
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2. Young woman of the people, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Oil (and possibly water-based media) on canvas, 100.3 by 65.1 cm. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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3. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1, showing underdrawing circling the face.
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4. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2, showing underdrawing of a bracelet.
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5. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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6. Fig.1 in transmitted light.
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7. Macro-XRF map details of Fig.10: (a) iron; (b) mercury; (c) calcium.
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8. Detail of Fig.10.
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9. Detail of Fig.2.
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[Appendix. Table showing the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts, of Figs.1, 2 and 10.]
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s painted nudes 1916–17
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 319-324
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Burnstock, Aviva (Burnstock, Aviva)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Stringari, Lena (Stringari, Lena)
Subjects
art literature:
Survage, Léopold / Meidner, Ludwig
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo
dates:
1910-1919
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Gallery, London, Great Britain / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Nudes / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Techniques / Sitters / Style / Pigments
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Female nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1916. Canvas, 92 by 60 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing the black border and signature at the upper edge.
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2. Nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 73 by 116.7 cm. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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3. X-radiograph of Fig.2.
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4. Reclining nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 60.6 by 92.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Reclining nude on a white cushion, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 60.6 by 92.7 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
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6. Sitting nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 60 by 92 cm. (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen).
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7. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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8. Detail of Fig.2, photograph of the right breast taken in raking light.
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9. Detail of Fig.1.