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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is
currently introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani one by one every week.
The 54th work to introduce for this
week is “Woman's Head” in 1915.
This work is a portrait of an
expressionist style and an oil painting on canvas with the size of 46 x 38 cm. It
is currently possessed by Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, Italy.
Pinacoteca di Brera
This
portrait has a sculptural aspect preferred by Modigliani when treating the nose
and the line leading up to the eyebrows. However, the face of the woman with
such a mask feel was treated very rounded, which makes the woman's look
smoother.
The white traces on the blue background are presumably made by
Modigliani with his fingers. In addition, the blue color added to the woman's
body has the effect of making the woman's bronzed complexion stand out more.
While the Cubist style traces still remain in the woman’s face, the rounded
woman's face also can be seen in this work, which might be one of the sorts of
style practice or experiment that Modigliani tried in the process of going to
the more rounded face style in the late 1916.
Unlike
many other works, the unique point in this work is that one ear of the woman is
not completely drawn.
This
work, like some of his paintings, has holes in four corners, two of which were
filled during the restoration.
This
work was displayed at the Genova Exhibit of the Modigliani works in 2017, which
was controversial by the forgery scandal, and the image of this work was
damaged by the press who announced that the fake of this work was present in
the Exhibit.
Thank you.
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