The ‘Portrait of Dédie’ is one of the sixty portraits made by Amedeo Modigliani in 1918 while living in Paris and Nice. The head leaning to the side in a melancholic posture is characterizes the portrait of the artist. The woman in the painting is Odette Hayden, called Dédie, who would become the first wife of the cubist painter Henri Hayden. In partnership with Centre Pompidou Discover it in our ‘Rendezvous In Paris: Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani & Co (1900-1939)‘ exhibition until 7 December. |

#tourdigital: Ankunft in Paris Die Ausstellung beginnt mit der Ankunft Amedeo Modiglianis 1906 in Paris, wo er Portraits seines ersten Pariser Freundeskreises schuf, zu dem auch viele Künstlerinnen gehörten. In seinen ersten Jahren in Paris besuchte Modigliani die Bühnen des Montmartre, etwa das Theater Gaîté-Rochechouart. Die Zeichnungen, in denen er die Bewegung der Tänzerinnen einfing, erinnern mitunter an Plakatentwürfe von Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. „Ankunft in Paris“ und „Revuetheater u

Painted in 1919 after the artist fled Paris for the south of France, ‘Jeune Fille en Bleu’ is one of the finest works from the penultimate year of Amedeo Modigliani’s life, and one of the finest late portraits by the artist in private hands. This portrait captures the serenity of the young girl sitter and we see all the recognisable traits of Modigliani’s late work. Learn more here, ahead of our Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale tomorrow in NYC. | Sotheby's