Lot #2137: AMEDEO MODIGLIANI [d'après] - Tete de Cariatide IV - Original pencil drawing

 

Artist: Amedeo Modigliani [d'après] (Italian, 1884 - 1920).
Title: "Tete de Cariatide IV".
Medium: Original pencil drawing.
Date: Composed c1911-1912.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 x 8 in. (310 x 210 mm).
Lot Note(s): Bears spurious signature in pencil, lower right. Cream wove paper. Condition: overall very good; some discoloration in the sheet; no holes or tears. Literature/catalogue raisonne: See: Christian Parisot's 'Modigliani. Catalogue Raisonne, Dessins et aquarelles' for similar examples, esp. 19/10. Comment(s): Similar stylistically to most of Modigliani's other 'Cariatide' works, especially to 'Tete de Cariatide' sold at Sotheby's, New York for $397,000 (11/08/2007). See attached image of this drawing, courtesy Sotheby's. [26396-1-300]