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Head of a Woman by Amedeo Modigliani

Modern · Kingdom of Italy

Amedeo Modigliani

1884–1920

Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920).

At a glance

Life
1884–1920
Origin
Kingdom of Italy
Practice
painter, sculptor, draftsperson
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Biography

Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) is described by Wikidata as Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920). The linked open-data record associates the artist with Kingdom of Italy. Recorded practices include painter, sculptor, draftsperson.

Head of a Woman, held by National Gallery of Art, provides a verified collection point from which to explore the artist’s sculpture. The museum record supplies the work’s date, material, dimensions, credit line, and reusable image.

Research links

National Gallery of Art collection recordWikidataWikipedia

In the collection

Works to explore

The elongated head and neck of a person with stylized features is carved from beige-colored limestone for this freestanding sculpture. Though mostly carved smooth, the surface of the porous limestone is pocked and textured. In this photograph, the face is angled to our right. Short bangs line the narrow forehead of the tall, oval face. The hair flaring around the crown and behind the tidy, oval ear we see is roughly carved. The marquis-shaped eyes are set high on the face. Eyebrows immediately over the eyes join to make a long, blade-like nose that nearly reaches the bottom of the oval face. The arrow-shape of the nose ends just above a half-moon-shaped lip over a round chin. The long neck continues to a block of limestone that acts as the base. The sculpture is photographed in front of a background that lightens from charcoal gray across the top to nearly white across the bottom.

Modern

National Gallery of Art

Head of a Woman

Amedeo Modigliani · c.1911-1912