Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Caryatid
| Date | 20 C |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | tempera on paper |
| Size（cm） | 53.0 x 43.0 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Modigliani |
| Standard ref. | Lanthemann 583; Parisot 10/13 |
| Category | Drawings |
| Collection Number | D.1967-0001 |
Since ancient times, cariatide has been a term for female figures that serve as columns. From around 1909, Modigliani made a number of rough sketches of cariatides, which are thought to be studies for sculptures. Here, the human form is given strong expression through Modigliani's chracteristic abstract, curved lines. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Exhibition History
- 1958
- Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Palazzo Reale, Milano, 0 November 1958 - 0 December 1958, cat. no. 54
- 1959
- Amedeo Modigliani, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, 0 1959 - 0 0
- 1968
- Modigliani, Grand magazin Seibu, 3 May 1968 - 19 June 1968, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 22 June - 4 August 1968, cat. no. 4
- 2016
- Amedeo Modigliani, Ateneum, Kansallisgalleria, Helsinki, 28 October 2016 - 5 February 2017, p. 66, col. repr.
- 2023
- La Révolution Cubiste: Exposition de la collection du Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo, 3 October 2023 - 28 January 2024, cat. no. 78
Bibliography
- 1952
- Carli, Enzo. Amedeo Modigliani con una testimonianza di Jean Cassou. Roma, 1952, p.34, pl. 30.
- 1960
- Röthlisberger, Marcel. Les Cariatides de Modigliani - Notice critique. Critica d'Arte. no. 38, marzo-aprile 1960, p. 108.
- 1969
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 3 (1968), 1969, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 34-35, no. P-362. repr.
- 1970
- Lanthemann, J.. Modigliani, catalogue raisonné, sa vie son œuvre complet, son art. Barcelona, 1970, no. 583.
- 1976
- Kamon, Yasuo; Fujieda, Akio, eds. Modigliani. Gakushu-Kenkyusha, 1976 (Kyosho no Meiga, vol. 8), no.53. (in Japanese)
- 1989
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), p. 109, cat. no. 104.
- 2016
- Amedeo Modigliani (exh. cat.). Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von; Huusko, Timo. Helsinki, Ateneum, Kansallisgalleria, [2016], p. 66, col. repr.
- 2023
- La Révolution Cubiste: Exposition de la collection du Centre Pompidou, Paris (exh. cat.). Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo; Kyoto City Museum of Art(Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art); Nikkei Inc., eds. Tokyo, Nikkei Inc., 2023, cat. no. 150, 328-329, col. repr.