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Born of Jewish parents in the Italian coastal town of Leghorn, Amedeo Modigliani settled in Paris in 1906, where he developed friendships with Pablo Picasso , the poet Max Jacob, the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, and other members of the literary and artistic avant-garde, many of whom appear in his portraits. He led a notoriously bohemian life, shortened by a self-destructive use of alcohol and drugs. Modigliani produced his finest paintings between 1914 and his premature death in 1920. Within a limited range of subjects, mainly portraits and nudes, he developed a highly distinctive style of sensitively elongated forms.
In this portrait, Modigliani's emphasis is on a strong formal structure dominated by the grid in the background and the echoing curves of the sitter's hat, shoulders, and features. There is none of the pathos often associated with his work. The artist seems instead to have invested this portrait with a note of ironic detachment, even humor, reflected in both the title of the painting (which refers to Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France) and the expression of amused inscrutability worn by the sitter. Were painter and sitter perhaps both amused by the flamboyant hat? Modigliani's skill in rhyming forms, while at the same time keeping us visually interested and slightly off-balance, is evident throughout the picture, which resonates with the lessons of Paul Cezanne, Cubism, and African sculpture.
The sitter for this portrait may well have been Beatrice Hastings, an English poetess who was Modigliani's mistress at the time. Because of the artist's tendency to generalize his sitter's features, however, a comparison of this portrait with others of Hastings is inconclusive.
—Entry, Margherita Andreotti, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, The Joseph Winterbotham Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago (1994), p. 150-151.
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| Dimensions | 50 × 61 Cm |
| Tags | womeninteriorsportraitsfashionhatsJoseph Winterbotham Collection |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Carneiro, Helio, “Modigliani: Paris redescobre o gênio maldito,” La Manchete
Carneiro, Helio, “Modigliani: Paris redescobre o gênio maldito,” La Manchete
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Yaëlle Biro, Simonetta Fraquelli, Cécile Girardeau, Marie-Amélie Senot, Modigliani: A Painter and His Art Dealer, exh. cat.
Yaëlle Biro, Simonetta Fraquelli, Cécile Girardeau, Marie-Amélie Senot, Modigliani: A Painter and His Art Dealer, exh. cat. (Paris: Flammarion, 2024), 22, 26, 78, 106, 107 (color ill.), 152, 158.
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Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Amedeo Modigliani. A Painter and his Dealer, Sept. 20, 2023–Jan. 15, 2024, cat. 68.
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Amedeo Modigliani. A Painter and his Dealer, Sept. 20, 2023–Jan. 15, 2024, cat. 68.
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Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, Modigliani Up Close, Oct. 16, 2022–Jan. 29, 2023, cat. 6.
Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, Modigliani Up Close, Oct. 16, 2022–Jan. 29, 2023, cat. 6.
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Barbara Buckley, Simonetta Fraquelli, Nancy Ireson, Annette King, eds., Modigliani Up Close, ext. cat.
Barbara Buckley, Simonetta Fraquelli, Nancy Ireson, Annette King, eds., Modigliani Up Close, ext. cat. (Philadelphia: The Barnes Foundation, 2022), 6, 60-63, cat. 6, 60-63 (color ills.), 75.
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London, Tate Modern, Modigliani, Nov. 23, 2017–Apr. 2, 2018, no cat.
London, Tate Modern, Modigliani, Nov. 23, 2017–Apr. 2, 2018, no cat.
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Sarab’yanov, Dmitriy, “Canon Modigliani,” in Modigliani, exh. cat.
Sarab’yanov, Dmitriy, “Canon Modigliani,” in Modigliani, exh. cat. (Moscow: Red Square Publishing, 2007), pp. 23, 52 (cat. 28), 53 (ill.).
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Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Modigliani March 21–June 17, 2007, pp. 23, 52 (cat. 28), 53 (ill.), as Madam Pompadour, 1915
Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Modigliani March 21–June 17, 2007, pp. 23, 52 (cat. 28), 53 (ill.), as Madam Pompadour, 1915
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Chiappini, Rudi, ed., Modigliani
Chiappini, Rudi, ed., Modigliani (Milan: Skira, 2006), pp. 29, 31 (ill.), fig. 15, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Klein, Mason, ed., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth exh. cat.
Klein, Mason, ed., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2005), p. 51, 84, 85, 120 (ill.), pl. 35, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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New York, Jewish Museum, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, May 21–September 19, 2004, pp. 51, 84, 85, 120 (ill., pl. 35), 203, as Madam Pompadour, 1915; traveled to the Art Gallery of Ontario, October 23, 2004–January 23, 2005; and Washington...
New York, Jewish Museum, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, May 21–September 19, 2004, pp. 51, 84, 85, 120 (ill., pl. 35), 203, as Madam Pompadour, 1915; traveled to the Art Gallery of Ontario, October 23, 2004–January 23, 2005; and Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, February 19–May 29, 2005.
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Sotheby’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Art, Part 1 sale cat.
Sotheby’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Art, Part 1 sale cat. (May 6, 2004), pp. 60 (ill., fig. 1), 61, as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Restillini, Marc, Modigliani: L’ange au visage grave exh. cat.
Restillini, Marc, Modigliani: L’ange au visage grave exh. cat. (Paris: Musée Luxembourg, 2003), pp. 37, 46, 59, 214, 215 (ill.), cat. 35, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Paris, Musée Luxembourg, Modigliani: L’ange au visage grave, October 23, 2002–March 2, 2003, pp. 37, 46, 59, 214, 215 (ill.), cat. 35, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
Paris, Musée Luxembourg, Modigliani: L’ange au visage grave, October 23, 2002–March 2, 2003, pp. 37, 46, 59, 214, 215 (ill.), cat. 35, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Wayne, Kenneth, Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse, exh. cat.
Wayne, Kenneth, Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse, exh. cat. (New York, 2002), pp. 65, 67 (ill.), 69, 202–203, fig. 27 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915, cat. only.
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Christie’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Paintings from a Texas Foundation sale cat.
Christie’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Paintings from a Texas Foundation sale cat. (November 11, 1997), p. 28 (ill.), 29, fig. 2, as Madame Pompadour (Beatrice Hastings), 1915.
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Kruszynski, Anette, Amedeo Modigliani: Portraits and Nudes
Kruszynski, Anette, Amedeo Modigliani: Portraits and Nudes (New York: Prestel, 1996), pp. 54, 59 (ill.), 119, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Art Institute of Chicago, “The Joseph Winterbotham Collection,” Museum Studies 20, no. 2
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Joseph Winterbotham Collection,” Museum Studies 20, no. 2 (1994), pp. 150, 151 (ill.), 185 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Shiff, Bennett, “A Line as Clear and Tensile as a Lightning Flash,” Smithsonian 24, no. 10
Shiff, Bennett, “A Line as Clear and Tensile as a Lightning Flash,” Smithsonian 24, no. 10 (January 1994), pp. 64, 65 (ill.), 72, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Baldacci, Paolo, Giorgio de Chirico: Betraying the Muse, de Chirico and the Surrealists exh. cat.
Baldacci, Paolo, Giorgio de Chirico: Betraying the Muse, de Chirico and the Surrealists exh. cat. (New York: Finarte, 1994), p. 16 (ill.).
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Butler, Stephen, Modigliani
Butler, Stephen, Modigliani (London: Studio Editions, 1994), pp. 62, 63 (ill.), as Portrait of Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Patani, Osvaldo, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale 1
Patani, Osvaldo, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale 1 (Milan: Leonardo Editore, 1991), p. 89 (ill.), cat. 61, as Madame Pompadour (Beatrice Hastings), 1915.
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Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, January 19–April 1, 1991, pp. 78 (ill.), 220, cat. 20, pl. 30, as Madam Pompadour, 1915; traveled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, April 19–July 7...
Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, January 19–April 1, 1991, pp. 78 (ill.), 220, cat. 20, pl. 30, as Madam Pompadour, 1915; traveled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, April 19–July 7, 1991.
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Schmalenbach, Werner, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen exh. cat.
Schmalenbach, Werner, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen exh. cat. (Prestel-Verlag, 1991), pp. 42, 78 (ill.), 220, cat. 20, pl. 30, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Parisot, Christian, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, peintures, dessins, aquarelles, 2
Parisot, Christian, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, peintures, dessins, aquarelles, 2 (Livorno: Editions Graphis Arte, 1991), pp. 79 (ill.), 281–82, cat. 19/1915, as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Parisot, Christian, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, dessins, aquarelles, 1
Parisot, Christian, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, dessins, aquarelles, 1 (Livorno: Editions Graphis Arte, 1990), pp. 80, 81 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer), Delacroix to Matisse, pp. 48–49 (ill.), cat. 49, as Madam Pompadour, 1915; traveled to Leningrad, Hermitage Museum, March 15–May 10, 1988, and Moscow, Pushkin Museum, June 10–July 30...
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer), Delacroix to Matisse, pp. 48–49 (ill.), cat. 49, as Madam Pompadour, 1915; traveled to Leningrad, Hermitage Museum, March 15–May 10, 1988, and Moscow, Pushkin Museum, June 10–July 30, 1988.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Delacroix to Matisse exh. cat.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Delacroix to Matisse exh. cat. (Leningrad: Hermitage Museum, 1988), pp. 48–49 (ill.), cat. 49, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Parisot, Christian, Modigliani
Parisot, Christian, Modigliani (Livorno: Graphis Arte, 1988), pp. 80, 81 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Castieau-Barreille, Thérèse, La vie et l’oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani
Castieau-Barreille, Thérèse, La vie et l’oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani (Paris: ACR Édition Vilo, 1987), p. 131 (ill.), as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Benezra, Neal, “A Study in Irony: Modigliani’s Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz,” Museum Studies 12, no, 2
Benezra, Neal, “A Study in Irony: Modigliani’s Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz,” Museum Studies 12, no, 2 (Art Institute of Chicago: 1986), pp. 196 (ill.), 197, fig. 14, as Beatrice Hastings as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Winterbotham Collection: A Living Tradition
Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Winterbotham Collection: A Living Tradition (Chicago: Art Institute, 1986), pp. 30 (ill.), 58, 63, as Madam Pompadour (Beatrice Hastings), 1915.
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Roy, Claude, Modigliani, trans. by James Emmons and Stuart Gilbert
Roy, Claude, Modigliani, trans. by James Emmons and Stuart Gilbert (New York: Skira, 1985), pp. 42 (ill.), 155, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Hoog, Michel, Catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume exh. cat.
Hoog, Michel, Catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume exh. cat. (Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1984), p. 144 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, cat. only.
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Hall, Douglas, Modigliani
Hall, Douglas, Modigliani (Oxford: Phaidon, 1984), n.p., fig. 23, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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(summer 1981), pp. 85 (ill.), 87, as Mme. Pompadour, 1916.
(summer 1981), pp. 85 (ill.), 87, as Mme. Pompadour, 1916.
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Prat, Véronique, “Amedeo Modigliani: Justice pour un prince ivrogne,” Le Figaro
Prat, Véronique, “Amedeo Modigliani: Justice pour un prince ivrogne,” Le Figaro (March 21, 1981), pp. 104, 106 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920, March 26–June 28, 1981, p. 115 (ill), cat. 26, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920, March 26–June 28, 1981, p. 115 (ill), cat. 26, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Speyer, A. James, and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth-Century European Paintings
Speyer, A. James, and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth-Century European Paintings (Chicago, 1980), p. 57, cat. 2G12, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Mann, Carol, Modigliani
Mann, Carol, Modigliani (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), pp. 109–110 (ill.), 212, cat. 75, as Beatrice Hastings as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Zurcher, Bernhard, Modigliani
Zurcher, Bernhard, Modigliani (Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1980), p. 29 (no. 10), n.p. (ill.) as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Sakai, Tadayasu and Toshio Yamanashi, eds., Modigliani: Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse exh. cat.
Sakai, Tadayasu and Toshio Yamanashi, eds., Modigliani: Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse exh. cat. (Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1979), n.p., cat. 6 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Tokyo, Mainichi Newspapers in cooperation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (organizers), Modigliani: Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, n.p., cat. 6 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915; traveled to Tokyo, Daimaru Museum...
Tokyo, Mainichi Newspapers in cooperation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (organizers), Modigliani: Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, n.p., cat. 6 (ill.), as Madame Pompadour, 1915; traveled to Tokyo, Daimaru Museum, September 13–October 16, 1979, and Osaka, Daimaru Museum Shinsaibashi, October 25–November 6, 1979.
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Fifield, William, Modigliani
Fifield, William, Modigliani (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976), p. 184, as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Classici dell’arte 40
Ceroni, Ambrogio, and Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Classici dell’arte 40 (Milan: Rizzoli, 1970), p. 90 (ill.), cat. 57, pl. VIII (ill.), as Madam Pompadour, 1915.
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Diehl, Gaston, Modigliani
Diehl, Gaston, Modigliani (New York: Crown Publishers, 1969), pp. 37 (ill.), 73, 84, n.p., as “Madam” Pompadour, 1915.
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Gindertael, R. V., Modigliani e Montparnasse
Gindertael, R. V., Modigliani e Montparnasse (Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1969), p. 15, pl. IX, as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Speyer, A. James, “Twentieth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture,” Apollo 84, no. 55
Speyer, A. James, “Twentieth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture,” Apollo 84, no. 55 (September 1966), p. 225, as Madame Pompadour, 1915.
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Arts Council of Great Britain and Edinburgh Festival Society, Modigliani exh. cat.
Arts Council of Great Britain and Edinburgh Festival Society, Modigliani exh. cat. (Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Academy, 1963), p. 15, no. 9, pl. 4. (ill.), as Madam [sic] Pompadour, 1915.
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Barry, Edward, “Wonderful World of Art: A Legacy that Grows—Winterbotham Collection,” Chicago Tribune
Barry, Edward, “Wonderful World of Art: A Legacy that Grows—Winterbotham Collection,” Chicago Tribune (August 25, 1963), as Madam Pompadour.
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