RICHARD  NATHANSON

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI

1884 - 1920

Nudo Dolente  1908  Oil 31 7/8 inches x 21 ¼ ins                                                                    

 Considered the first known nude painting by the artist.

 Provenance:    Dr Paul Alexandre, Paris [acquired from the artist].
                        Dr Reubin Hecht, Haifa
                        Richard Nathanson, London
                        Private Collection

 Reproduced:   Full page ‘The Unknown Modigliani’ by Noel Alexandre, Page 38,
                        Mercatorfonds, 1993.

                        Noel Alexandre dedicated the above publication:

To my friend Richard Nathanson whose enthusiasm and artistic sensitivity have encouraged me to publish this account].

                         A.Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani, Edizione del Milione, Milan 1958,
                         Plate 6 [full page].

                         A.Ceroni, I Dipinti di Modigliani, Editore Rizzoli, Milan 1970, Plate 8. 

Werner Smallenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel-Verlag, Munich 1990, reproduced Plate 9 [full page].

Exhibited in the following Modigliani retrospectives:      

                        1991            Jan-April,                         Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
                                           April-July,                        Kunsthaus, Zurich
                        1992            Nov-Dec,                        Tobu Museum, Tokyo
                        1993            January,                           Musée Daimaru, Kyoto
                                           Jan-Feb                            Musée Daimaru d’Umeda, Osaka
                                           Feb-March,                      Musée d’Art Moderne, Ibaraki
                        1994            April-July,                        Museum Ludwig, Cologne
                                           July-Oct,                          Centro d’Arte San Giovanni, Bruges
                                           Oct-Dec,                          The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
                        1996            Jan-Feb,                           Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen

Nude in Hat   [recto]  oil   32 x 21 ins                                                                               

Maud Abrantes  [verso]   oil   32 x 21 ins                                                                                         

Portrait   oil   16.25 x 10 ins