Amedeo Modigliani, La Belle Anglaise, 1959, Print

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Artist: amedeo modigliani, d'après

title: "la belle anglaise" (the beautiful english woman)

authentic plate from the lithographic collection published by … Read more Artist: amedeo modigliani, d'après

title: "la belle anglaise" (the beautiful english woman)

authentic plate from the lithographic collection published by einaudi in 1959.

year of conception: 1915
year of print: 1959

matted in its original passepartout

total size: 56 x 45 cm
lithograph size: 40.7 x 25.8 cm

one of the subjects modigliani became most famous for

this is an original print from 1959, not a later reproduction or giclée (which are much more common).
it has been printed in a small edition of 1000 only by einaudi publisher in turin, italy.
numbered 576 on the colophon.

embossed seal (stamp-à-sec) by the publisher

signed "modigliani" in the plate

excellent condition, please see images

from the italian introduction:

"the real influence was the same one suffered by picasso in the demoiselles d'avignon. And perhaps it wouldn't even be a stretch to add that modigliani looked above all to the sculptures of gabon and the belgian congo and that the same obsessive motif of the caryatid, which returns in the most which in the stones, originated from ceremonial stools and not from prototypes of archaic greek plastic.

the listing if for the authentic lithograph as described in its original passepartout. The picture of colophon is posted in order to show the limited edition only. This piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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