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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani one by one every week.
The 7th work to introduce this week is “Woman's Head with Beauty Spot (1906)”.
It is an oil painting on canvas having a size of 33 x 24 cm.
It is estimated that Modigliani considered this painting a particularly important work because he took it to the house of Paul Alexandre in Delta Street, who was the first patron of Modigliani and the first owner of the painting.
Modigliani painted this work in the year when he moved to Paris.
This work shows the traces of classical art he studied at the Schools of Art in Florence and Venice before moving to Paris.
This painting is a very individual work in the respect that Modigliani did not care much except for the model’s face for painting, and thus the model's hair and clothes are not clearly distinguished from the background.
The painting is also characterized by the model being drawn at a much closer distance than other works of Modigliani.
Although the model’s unique feature is a beauty spot, it seemed that Modigliani tried to emphasize the character of the model through the model's frontal pose and the gaze.
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