AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)

 
<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>
Cariatide191260,96 x 45,72 cm(60,96 x 45,72 cm) crayón azul sobre papel buff
Procedencia
Klaus Perls, Nueva York
Colección privada, Nueva York
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., Nueva York
Colección privada, adquirida a los anteriores, noviembre de 2000
Colección privada
Exposición
Düsseldorf, Alemania, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Amedeo Modigliani, enero-abril de 1991, viajó a la Kunsthaus Zürich, abril-julio de 1991.
Literatura
Christian Parisot, Modigliani Catálogo Razonado: Aquarelles, Livorno, 1990, I: número 10/12, p. 252
Precio375,000
La prematura muerte de Modigliani a causa de la tuberculosis en 1920, a la edad de 35 años, privó al mundo de uno de los padres del Arte Moderno. Su obra fue revolucionaria; vivir y trabajar en París durante el primer cuarto del siglo XX situó al joven artista en el centro del avance más significativo de la pintura desde el Impresionismo, varias décadas antes.


Su corta y brillante carrera, repleta de sus característicos desnudos, no podría apreciarse completamente sin tener en cuenta el importante corpus de obras sobre papel. "Cariátide" hace referencia a las esculturas arquitectónicas griegas, las Cariátides. Estas columnas talladas con figuras femeninas sostienen el entablamento de los templos. Modigliani llamó al tema sus


"columnas de ternura". Este dibujo ofrece un ejemplo temprano de las líneas curvas y las formas almendradas que marcan el estilo característico de Modigliani.
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