Dancer
Artist
Amedeo Modigliani
(Italian, 1884-1920)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1918
MediumPencil on paper
Dimensions17 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (43.5 x 26.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 25 5/8 x 20 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (65.1 x 51.9 x 3.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 25 5/8 x 20 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (65.1 x 51.9 x 3.2 cm)
InscribedSigned "Modigliani" in pencil at lower left
Credit LineGift of Anthony Gargiulo
Object number2008.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis pencil on paper drawing is of a man. The man has one arm up at his head and the other stretched out at his side. The stretched out arm is not shown passed the elbow. The legs are not shown past the upper thigh. The man's face has one large eye that is next to a small eye.Label TextAmedeo Modigliani Italian (1884-1920) Dancer, ca. 1918 Pencil on paper, 17 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (43.5 x 26.4 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Anthony Gargiulo 2008.6ProvenanceKnoedler & Company, New York, New York; Anthony Gargiulo, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1993; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Anthony Gargiulo, 2008. Exhibition History“Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World,” Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, January 21 – April 27, 2014; John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, May 23 – August 2, 2014; Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, August 28, 2014 – October 26, 2014; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK, January 22, 2015 – April 12, 2015.
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Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
