Head
Date
(1911-1912)
Artist
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian, b. Livorno, 1884–1920
Provenance
G. Hyordey, Paris, by 1951 (as documented in Descargues)
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1953 to May 1955
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, May 1955-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Sculpture and Sculptors Drawings," 22 December 1953-24 January 1954, no. 45.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 166, ill. p. 77. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston,1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART,11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 307, ill. p. 83.
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. "A Tribute to Curt Valentin," November-December 1963, no. 53, ill. p. 43.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
MUSEO PROGRESSIVO D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Livorno, Italy. "Design and Sculpture of Amedeo Modigliani," 30 June-9 September 1984. Catalog by Museo Progressivo d'Arte Contemporanea, Arnoldo Mondadori, ed., no. 4, ill. p. 79.
JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy," 15 September 1989-1 February 1990.
KUNSTAMMLUNG NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN, Dusseldorf, Germany. "Amedeo Modigliani," 19 January-1 April 1991. TOUR: KUNSTHAUS ZURICH, Switzerland. 26 April-7 July 1991.
MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany. "Modigliani: The Collection of Dr. Paul Alexandre," 16 April 1994-7 October 1994.
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Quebec. "The Unknown Modigliani:The Collection of Dr. Paul Alexandre," 1 February 1996-28 April 1996.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. "The Collection in Context: Paul Gauguin's "Hina with Two Attendants," 20 November 1996-7 May 1997.
MUSEO D'ARTE MODERNA, Lugano, Switzerland. "Amedeo Modigliani," 28 March-27 June 1999, pl. 3.
MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany. "Art Worlds in Dialogue," 5 November 1999-19 March 2000, no. 67, colorpl.
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, New York. "Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse," 18 October 2002-12 January 2003. TOUR: KIMBELL ART MUSEUM, Fort Worth, 8 February-25 May 2003; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 28 June-28 September 2003.
JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "Modigliani," 21 May - 19 September 2004, catalog ed. by Mason Klein, pl. 12, ill. p. 97. TOUR: ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, 23 October 2004-23 January 2005; PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 19 February-29 May 2005.
MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART OF TRENTO AND ROVERETO, Italy. "Modigliani the Sculptor," 18 December 2010-13 March 2011.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References
DESCARGUES, PIERRE. Amedeo Modigliani (Paris: Braun et cie, 1951), pl. 13 (as collection of G. Hyordey).
DI SAN LAZARRO, GUALTIERI. Modigliani (Paris: Éditions du Chêne, 1953), ill. p. 4.
(Milwaukee Journal, 13 September 1959.)
WERNER, ALFRED. Modigliani the Sculptor (New York: Arts, 1962), p. XXXI, pl. 41.
CERONI, AMBROGIO. Amedeo Modigliani (Milan:Edizioni del Milione, 1965), pp. 23-24, no. 7, pl. 43.
ELSEN, ALBERT E. Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises (New York: Braziller, 1974), no. 141, p. 123, ill. p. 124.
LERNER, ABRAM. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 723, ill. p. 200.
COURTHION, PIERRE. "Le plus Grand Musée de Sculpture du Monde: La Collection Hirshhorn," XX iéme siècle (December, 1975), p. 31, no. 45.
DIEHL, GASTON. Modigliani (New York: Crown Publishers, 1977), ill. p. 23.
LE NORMAND-ROMAIN, ANTOINETTE, et al. Sculpture: the Adventure of Modern
Sculpture in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Geneva : Skira ; New York : Rizzoli, 1986).
SCHUSTER, BERNARD. Modigliani: A Study of his Sculpture (Jacksonville, FL : NAMEGA 1986, published for Bibliothèque Modigliani Centennial Edition by Bernard Schuster), p. 41, pl. VI.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Gauguin's Fantasy Island," Washington Post (29 November 1996), C1-2.
FRANKLIN, DAVID. Modigliani: Between Renaissance and Modernism (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2021), color ill. p. 15.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.3582
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
19 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 9 in. (49.5 x 18.4 x 22.8 cm) on base: 6 x 9 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.8 x 22.9 cm) [no longer in use]
