Offering Rare Antique Original oil, painting, on canvas signed Amedeo Modiglian w COA. Modernist oil on canvas painting of a portrait of a woman, seated. Size of the artwork is 23.8 x 18.1 centimeters. Very good condition of the artwork can be appreciated, aging of canvas can be noticed. Inscribed Modigliani in the upper right. The artwork is currently unframed, stretched on the original stretcher, further restoration is not necessary. The artworks comes with documentation, a registration at National Fine Arts Title Registry, COA which came with the artwork when acquired, transfer of ownership of the artwork to the new owner and transfer of registry records to the new owner, provenance markings as stamp, label and other writings can be found on verso of the artwork. The artwork is described in the documentation and offered as unique artwork, in manner of the artist. The artwork was acquired in estate liquidation sale in France. For more details and condition of the artwork please view the images. Modigliani was famous during his lifetime, having exhibited internationally in Paris, London, Zurich and New York, and being written about by the leading writers and art critics of his time. Along with Matisse and Picasso, Modigliani incorporated elements of African art into his paintings, thereby revolutionizing Western art. Modigliani was an exceptional colorist who created a rich, distinctive palette that is seen to advantage in his many portraits. The influence of African masks is evident in Modiglianis facial portrayals: the long oval shape of head, blank eyes, long nose, button mouth and extended neck. The often used elongated form and frontal pose give the portrait a hieratic presence of a totem. On Modiglianis obsession with representing the human figure, Lipchitz explained: He could never forget his interest in people, and he painted them, so to say, with abandon, urged on by the intensity of his feeling and vision. As the writer Jean Cocteau wrote, He reduced us all to his type, to the vision within, and he usually preferred to paint faces conforming to the physiognomy he requiredfor Modiglianis portraits, even his self-portraits, are not the reflection of his external observation, but of his internal vision. A portrait of refined elegance and graceful femininity, depicts a beautiful woman, dark-featured possibly a loyal companion and ardent supporter of the artist. With her long, stylised oval face and exaggerated, swan-like neck, this portrait perfectly exemplifies artists mature style; a work of calligraphic elegance that captures the innate beauty and poise for which the artists sitters were renowned. At once highly individualised yet conforming completely to Modiglianis quintessential female “type”the long neck and oval face, large eyes and small, pursed lipsthis painting epitomises the artists extraordinary ability to balance the generic with the unique, the abstract with the naturalistic, and capture the very essence of the figure seated in front of him, or as the poet and friend of the artist, Max Jacob described, “the splendour of the soul” M. Jacob quoted in ibid. The item “Rare Antique Original oil, painting, on canvas signed Amedeo Modiglian w COA” is in sale since Sunday, February 19, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art from Dealers & Resellers\Paintings”. The seller is “romba15″ and is located in SW. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Medium: Oil
• Subject: Figures & Portraits
• Style: Modernism
• Date of Creation: 1900-1949
• Region of Origin: Europe