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Amedeo Modigliani

Madame Amédée (Woman with Cigarette), 1918

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-A

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 100.3 x 64.8 cm (39 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)

framed: 114.9 x 80.6 x 6.3 cm (45 1/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.172

Artists / Makers

Amedeo Modigliani (artist) Italian, 1884 - 1920

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Inscription

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Provenance

Kunding Collection, Geneva; Falk Collection, Geneva; (Georges Moos, Geneva);[1] sold 1925 to (Etienne Bignou, Paris) in Berlin; sold 3 May 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1]Osvaldo Patani's Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo Generale, 1991 attributes another owner, Jacques Dubourg of Paris, before Etienne Bignou. However, this is the only source that states this provenance. Information in the photograph albums from the Bignou Gallery, now at the Documentation center of the Musée d'Orsay (copy, NGA curatorial files), include Kunding, Falk, Bignou and Dale in the provenance.

Associated Names

Bignou, Etienne
Dale, Chester
Falk, Sally, Mr.
Kunding
Moos, George

Exhibition History

1929: Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani, De Hauke & Co., Inc., New York, 1929, no. 1.

1931: Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., New York, 1931, no. 21, repro.

1933: Modigliani, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1933, no. 46, repro.

1934: Modigliani, Kunsthalle, Basel, 1934, no. 38, repro.

1943: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 40

1951: Modigliani, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951, repro.

1952: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 45, 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. 97, repro.

1930: Read, H.A. "The Chester Dale Collection." Vogue 25 (15 February 1930): repro. 81.

1943: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 40, repro.

1952: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 45, repro.

1960: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 47, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 91.

1965: Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 63, repro.

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. 282, repro.

1970: Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. Catalogue raisonné. Barcelona, 1970: 135, no. 408, repro.

1972: Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Françoise Cachin. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani. Translated by Simone Darses. Paris, 1972: no. 282, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 236, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 586, no. 901, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 273, repro.

1991: Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 5, 245, color repro.

1997: Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 152-153, 213, color repro.

2004: Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 417, no. 348, color repro.

2011: Secrest, Meryle. Modigliani: A Life. New York, 2011: 5.

2012: Kennicott, Philip. "French Rooms Reopen, With Different Accents." Washington Post 135, no. 55 (January 29, 2012): E25.