COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.60.27
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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 Date:
1917 - 1918
Creation Start Date:
1917
Creation End Date:
1918
Materials and Techniques:
graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions:
H.13 x W.10-5/16 in. (sheet)
Component Measured:
sheet
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
60.27
Credit Line:
Gift of David M. Daniels
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE
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.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.10844c.tif
