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AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)

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<div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div> <div>Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  </div> <br> <br><div>His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his </div> <br> <br><div>"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.</div>
Cariatide191224 x 18 in.(60.96 x 45.72 cm) blue crayon on buff paper
Provenance
Klaus Perls, New York
Private Collection, New York
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York
Private Collection, acquired from the above, November 2000
Private Collection
Exhibition
Dusseldorf, Germany, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Amedeo Modigliani, January-April 1991, traveled to the Kunsthaus Zürich, April-July 1991
Literature
Christian Parisot, Modigliani Catalogue Raisonne: Aquarelles, Livorno, 1990, I: number 10/12, p. 252
 Price375,000
Modigliani's premature death due to tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35 robbed the world of one of the fathers of Modern Art.  His work was revolutionary; living and working in Paris during the first quarter of the Twentieth Century put the young artist at the center of the most significant advancement of painting since Impressionism, several decades before.  


His short and brilliant career, filled with his signature nudes, could not be completely appreciated without considering the significant body of works on paper. "Cariatide" refers to the Greek architectural sculptures, the Caryatids. These columns carved into female figures hold up the entablature of temples. Modigliani called the subject his


"columns of tenderness." This drawing offers an early instance of the curving lines and almond shapes that mark Modigliani's signature style.
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