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Look at the two eyes set at slightly different heights, then follow the long neck down to the hands folded one over the other.
The painter Chaim Soutine, ten years younger than Modigliani, met him in Montparnasse around 1914, and they became close friends. In 1916 Modigliani took him to his own dealer, Zborowski, and urged him to sell Soutine’s work. The National Gallery of Art sees more warmth here than in many Modigliani portraits: untidy hair, clothes that do not go together, and hands resting stiffly in the lap.
oil on canvas · overall: 91.7 x 59.7 cm · National Gallery of Art · School of Paris
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Chaim Soutine
- Artist
- Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884 - 1920
- Date
- 1918
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 91.7 x 59.7 cm (36 1/8 x 23 1/2 in.) framed: 112.7 x 81.3 cm (44 3/8 x 32 in.)
- Credit line
- Chester Dale Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- National Gallery of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.