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The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s painted nudes 1916–17

04/2018 | 1381 | 160

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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.

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