Amedeo Modigliani / Portrait of Madame Zborowski / 1917

Amedeo Modigliani
Portrait of Madame Zborowski
1917 - 1918
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Creator Name: Modigliani, Amedeo
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1884 - 1920
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Amedeo Modigliani
Title: Portrait of Madame Zborowski
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1917
Creation End Date: 1918
Creation Date: 1917 - 1918
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: Graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions: H.13 x W.10-5/16 in. (sheet)
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 60.27
Credit Line: Gift of David M. Daniels
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Anna Zborowska was the wife of Leopold Zborowski, a Polish poet, who was Modigliani's art dealer in Paris in the late 1910s. The couple was very close to the young Italian painter, who struggled with obscurity, alcoholism, and ill-health until his death from tuberculosis in 1920 at the age of 35. Portraiture was one of Modigliani's favorite genres. His talent lay in capturing the personality of his sitter in a linear composiiton defined by classic, elongated features. In this sketch for a painting of Madame Zborowski, we already see the importance of a distinct, contoured line and the blank, expressionless eyes. Both of these features give Modigliani's portraits a heightened sense of timelessness and quiet elegance.

AMICA ID: MIA_.60.27
Component Measured: sheet
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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