Amedeo Modigliani - Sammlung E.G.Bührle

Amedeo Modigliani
Nudo sdraiato con le braccia dietro la testa
[Reclining Nude], 1916
Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 87 cm
Signed upper right: Modigliani
Patani no. 151
Provenance
Léopold Zborowski, Paris (1) ▪ Henri-Pierre Roché, Paris (by 1920) (2) ▪ Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (by
1929) (3) ▪ Dr. Soubies, Paris (4) ▪ Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (by 1951) (5) ▪ Emil Bührle,
Zurich (15 November 1951 until [d.] 28 November 1956) (6) ▪ Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to
the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, no. 69 (1960).
(1) Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris 1929, "Catalogue présumé A. Modigliani", p. 33 (1st entry).
(2) Exposition rétrospective des œuvres de Modigliani, (exh. cat.) Galerie Montaigne, Paris 1920, p. 8 (ill.);
information kindly provided by Mr. Alessandro De Stefani, Monza (Italy), 2 January 2012.
(3) Pfannstiel as above, n. (1).
(4) AStEGB, Invoice from Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, made out to Emil Bührle, 14 November 1951, with
references to the provenance and to the publication quoted above, n. (1).
(5) Invoice as above, n. (4).
(6) Acquired from the above for CHF 50.000, AStEGB, Letter from Emil Bührle to Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich,
15 November 1951, confirming payment of CHF 50.000.
Exhibitions
Exposition rétrospective des œuvres de Modigliani, Galerie Montaigne, Paris 1920, p. 8. ▪ Maurice
Utrillo, Amedeo Modigliani, André Utter, Suzanne Valadon, Musée Jenisch, Vevey 1955, no. 60. ▪
Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny 1990, no. 51. ▪ Amedeo Modigliani, Malerei,
Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Kunsthaus Zurich 1991,
no. 8 (in Zurich only, not in the catalogue, but in the booklet accompanying the exhibition). ▪
Amedeo Modigliani, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano 1999, no. 24. ▪ Modigliani, L'ange au visage
grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris 2002–03, no. 50. ▪ Modigliani, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome
2006, no. 24. ▪ Modigliani et l'Ecole de Paris, En collaboration avec le Centre Pompidou et les
collections suisses, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny 2013, no. 14.
References
Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris 1929, "Catalogue présumé A. Modigliani", p. 33 (1st entry),
illustrated on 2nd page after p. 92. ▪ Pierre Descargues, Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920, Paris 1951,
fig. 9. ▪ Gotthard Jedlicka, Modigliani 1884–1920, Erlenbach/Zurich 1953, fig. 28. ▪ Arthur Pfannstiel,
Modigliani et son œuvre, Paris 1956, no. 198, fig. 28. ▪ Ambrogio Ceroni, Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di
Modigliani, Milan 1970, no. 148 (ill.; 21981; German edition: Das gemalte Werk von Modigliani,
Lucerne etc.; French edition: Françoise Cachin, Ambrogio Ceroni, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani,
Paris 1972; Spanish edition: La obra pictórica de Modigliani, Barcelona 1972; 21977). ▪ Joseph
Lanthemann, Modigliani 1884–1920, Catalogue raisonné, Sa vie, son œuvre complet, son art,
Barcelona 1970, no. 238 (ill.). ▪ Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo Generale, Dipinti, Milan
1991, no. 151 (ill.). ▪ Modigliani, Témoignages, Christian Parisot (ed.), Turin 1996, p. 42 (ill.).
Catalogues of the Bührle Collection: 1966 & 1971, no. 69; 1973/86, no. 133; 1994/95, p. 52;
2004/05, no. 137. ▪ Exhibitions of the Bührle Collection: Zurich 1958, no. 281; Munich 1958–59, no.
108; Edinburgh 1961, no. 10; London 1961, no. 10; Lucerne 1963, no. 19; Washington D.C. etc.
1990–91, no. 19; Zurich 2010, no. 69. ▪ Articles on the Bührle Collection: Bührle 1998, fig. 9.
Catalogues, exhibitions and articles cited in full see http://www.buehrle.ch/pdf/egbcat.pdf.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Status as per January 2014
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