Amedeo MODIGLIANI sketches the face of Renée KISLING. 1916.

Amedeo Modigliani (1884.1920)

Original drawing.

Portrait of Renée Kisling. Circa 1916.

The Fringe – Renée Jean.

______________________________________________________

Graphite on paper.

Annotated Renée Jean in the upper margin.

Numbered 77 in the upper right corner.

Dimensions 28 x 35 cm.

This drawn portrait represents Renée Jean, the wife of Modigliani's dearest friend during the Montparnasse years, the painter Moïse Kisling.

Modigliani produced three drawings and two oil paintings featuring the young woman, around 1917.

Our drawing is certainly the preparatory sketch for the painting held at the National Gallery of Washington.

Certificate from the Restellini Institute registered under number 2018/DE/50596

______________________________________________________

Exposure.

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Amedeo Modigliani: 1884-1920, March 26-June 28, 1981.

Bibliography.

. G. Guillaume, J. Modigliani, D. Marchesseau, Amedeo Modigliani: 1884-1920, Exhibition catalogue at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, March 26-June 28, 1981, repr. p. 204, no. 179

. O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale?: designs 1906-1920 with designs from the Paul Alexandre collection (1906-1914). Milan:

Leonardo, 1994, repr. p. 132, no. 183

. C. Parisot and L. Modigliani-Nechtschein, Modigliani, catalog raisonné, drawings, watercolors. Roma, 2006, vol III, repr. p.156, no. 80/16.

Origin.

Renée Kisling Collection. / Roger Dutilleul Collection. / Private Collection, Paris.