The unknown Modigliani : drawings from the collection of Paul Alexandre / Nöel Alexandre ; [translated by Christine Baker and Michael Raeburn].
1993
NC257.M6 A413 1993
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Title
The unknown Modigliani : drawings from the collection of Paul Alexandre / Nöel Alexandre ; [translated by Christine Baker and Michael Raeburn].
Author
Alexandre, Noël.
Uniform Title
Modigliani inconnu. English
ISBN
0810936429
9780810936423
9780810936423
0810935429
9780810936423
9780810936423
0810935429
Published
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1993.
Language
English
Description
463 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Call Number
NC257.M6 A413 1993
Dewey Decimal Classification
741.945
Summary
Presents 450 masterful drawings never before published or exhibited. These drawings, lost for 70 years, are evidence of the artist's work during the crucial years 1906 to 1914.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Alexandre, Paul.
Available in Other Form
Unknown Modigliani.
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Table of Contents
The angel with a grave face. Preface / Francois Bergot
Chronology
pt. 1. Paul Alexandre, Modigliani's chosen witness. 1. 'A subject which has obsessed me since the death of Modigliani'. 2. Modigliani's childhood and youth: his mother's account. 3. Modigliani and fellow-artists. 4. Spring 1909. Jean Alexandre's account. 5. 'What I am searching for ... '. 6. Paul Alexandre's correspondence with Modigliani and Brancusi
pt. 2. The drawings. 1. The earliest drawings and watercolours. 2. A sketchbook of 1906-7: fifty drawings and two paintings. 3. Five drawings acquired 'soon after our first meeting'. 4. Theatre, circus, 'marionettes' and drawings inspired by the theatre. 5. Caryatids and related drawings. 6. Sculptural heads. 7. Three drawings 'hors serie'. 8. Life studies. 9. Other drawings of the nude. 10. Portrait drawings. 11. Studies for portraits
Catalogue.
Chronology
pt. 1. Paul Alexandre, Modigliani's chosen witness. 1. 'A subject which has obsessed me since the death of Modigliani'. 2. Modigliani's childhood and youth: his mother's account. 3. Modigliani and fellow-artists. 4. Spring 1909. Jean Alexandre's account. 5. 'What I am searching for ... '. 6. Paul Alexandre's correspondence with Modigliani and Brancusi
pt. 2. The drawings. 1. The earliest drawings and watercolours. 2. A sketchbook of 1906-7: fifty drawings and two paintings. 3. Five drawings acquired 'soon after our first meeting'. 4. Theatre, circus, 'marionettes' and drawings inspired by the theatre. 5. Caryatids and related drawings. 6. Sculptural heads. 7. Three drawings 'hors serie'. 8. Life studies. 9. Other drawings of the nude. 10. Portrait drawings. 11. Studies for portraits
Catalogue.