Amedeo Modigliani
Italian, 1884–1920
Portrait of Paul Alexandre
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Amedeo Modigliani
Italian, 1884–1920c. 1909
Portrait of Paul Alexandre
Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884–1920 →prints and drawingchalk
Date
c. 1909
Medium
Black fabricated chalk on cream wove paper
Dimensions
19.9 × 27 cm (7 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
After studying art in Italy, Modigliani moved to Paris, where he met the dermatologist Paul Alexandre. Alexandre would become Modigliani’s first patron, who eventually amassed a large collection of the artist’s work. Even though Alexandre found sitting for a portrait exhausting, he became the subject for several works. In this study for an oil painting, Modigliani captured the salient features of the doctor’s face: the sharp part in his hair and his piercing stare.
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