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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.]