A Man

1916

Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884-1920

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About the Artwork

Title A Man

Artwork Date 1916

Artist Amedeo Modigliani

Life Dates 1884-1920

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 18 1/8 × 15 inches (46 × 38.1 cm) Framed: 28 3/8 × 24 13/16 × 3 3/4 inches (72.1 × 63 × 9.5 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.186

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Signed Signed, upper right: Modigliani

Provenance

By December 1920, Oscar Miestchaninoff [1884-1956], Paris, France;
December 17, 1920-May 27, 1924, [Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, France];
from May 27, 1924, (Paul Guillaume [1891-1934], Paris, France);
by November 1929-1934, [Chester H. Johnson Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, USA];
November 14, 1934, purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA);
1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Williams, Marguerite B. "Art News and Exhibitions in Chicago: Chester Johnson's French Moderns." Parnassus 1, no. 7 (November 1929): p. 11 [as Self-Portrait].

Sales cat., American Art Association Anderson Galleries. November 14, 1934, no. 54 (ill.) [purchased by R.H. Tannahill].

Ceroni, Ambrogio. Amedeo Modigliani: Dessins et Sculptures: avec suite du catalogue illustré des peintres. Milan, 1965, no. 174, (ill.) [as Tête d'homme, 1915].

The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1970, pp. 29, 50 (ill.).

Ceroni, Ambrogio. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, trans. Simone Darses. Flammarion, 1972, p. 92, no. 87 (ill.).

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane. Amedeo Modigliani Chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris, 2015, no. 57, (ill.) [monograph, as Portrait d'homme].

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