Provenance
1Léopold Zborowski Paris Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris 1929, «Catalogue présumé A. Modigliani», pp. 33 (1st entry), 92 (ill.).
2Henri-Pierre Roché Paris • by 1920 Exposition rétrospective des œuvres de Modigliani, (exh. cat.) Galerie Montaigne, Paris 1920, p. 8 (ill.); Information kindly provided by Mr. Alessandro De Stefani, Monza (Italy), 2 January 2012.
3Bernheim-Jeune Paris • by 1929 Pfannstiel as above, n. (1); the information is corroborated by a printed label on the stretcher of the painting, filled in by hand in ink: «L'art moderne S.A. / No 153 / Artiste Modigliani / Titre Nu / Prix francs suisses — / Prix francs français —».
4Dr. Jacques Soubies Paris• until [d.] 1940 Catalogue […] des tableaux modernes […] composant la collection de feu le Docteur Jacques Soubies, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 December 1940, no. 63; Archives de Paris, Carton D118E3 81 (1940, Louis de Cagny, Etienne Ader).
5Galerie Renou & ColleParis • 1940–1951 Bought at the above sale for FF 34'000, Archives de Paris, as above, n. (4), Procès verbal.
6Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt Zurich • 1951 Acquired from the above, Information given by Mr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, son of Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, 18 June 2019; AStEGB, Invoice from Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, made out to Emil Bührle, 14 November 1951, with references to the provenance as above, nn. (1, 3, 4,), and to the publication quoted above, n. (1).
7Emil Bührle Zurich • 15 November 1951 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for CHF 50.000, AStEGB, Letter from Emil Bührle to Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, 15 November 1951, confirming payment of CHF 50.000.
8Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 69.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Exhibitions
1920Exposition rétrospective des œuvres de Modigliani Galerie Montaigne • Paris • 1920 p. 8.
1955Maurice Utrillo, Amedeo Modigliani, André Utter, Suzanne Valadon Musée Jenisch • Vevey • 1955 no. 60.
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 281.
1958Hauptwerke der Sammlung Emil Georg Bührle–Zürich Haus der Kunst • Munich • 1958–59 no. 108.
1961Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh • National Gallery, London • 1961 no. 10.
1963Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Französische Meister von Delacroix bis Matisse Kunstmuseum Lucerne • 1963 no. 19.
1990Modigliani Fondation Pierre Gianadda • Martigny • 1990 no. 51.
1991Amedeo Modigliani, Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf • Kunsthaus Zurich • 1991 no. 8 (in Zurich only, not in the catalogue, but in the booklet accompanying the exhibition).
1999Amedeo Modigliani Museo d'Arte Moderna • Lugano • 1999 no. 24.
2002Modigliani, L'ange au visage grave Musée du Luxembourg • Paris • 2002–03 no. 50.
2006Modigliani Complesso del Vittoriano • Rome • 2006 no. 24.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 69.
2013Modigliani et l'Ecole de Paris En collaboration avec le Centre Pompidou et les collections suisses • Fondation Pierre Gianadda • Martigny • 2013 no. 14.
2017Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Bührle, Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh… Fondation de l'Hermitage • Lausanne • 2017 no. 50.
2019La Collection Emil BührleMusée Maillol • Paris • 2019 no. 51.
References
1929Arthur Pfannstiel Modigliani Paris • 1929 • «Catalogue présumé A. Modigliani», p. 33 (1st entry), illustrated on 2nd page after p. 92.
1951Pierre Descargues Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920 Paris • 1951 • fig. 9.
1953Gotthard Jedlicka Modigliani 1884–1920 Erlenbach/Zurich • 1953 • fig. 28.
1956Arthur Pfannstiel Modigliani et son œuvre Paris • 1956 • no. 198, fig. 28.
1970Ambrogio Ceroni • Leone Piccioni I dipinti di Modigliani Milan • 1970 • no. 148 (ill.; 21981; German edition: Das gemalte Werk von Modigliani, Lucerne etc.; French edition: Françoise Cachin, Ambrogio Ceroni, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris 1972; Spanish edition: La obra pictórica de Modigliani, Barcelona 1972; 21977).
1970Joseph Lanthemann Modigliani 1884–1920, Catalogue raisonné, Sa vie, son œuvre complet, son art Barcelona • 1970 • no. 238 (ill.).
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 133 (ill.; 21986).
1991Osvaldo Patani Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo Generale, Dipinti Milan • 1991 • no. 151 (ill.).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • p. 52 (English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
1996Christian Parisot (ed.)Modigliani Témoignages Turin • 1996 • p. 42 (ill.).
1998Christian Bührle «Die Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle in Zürich» in Die Kunst zu sammeln, Schweizer Kunstsammlungen seit 1848 • L'art de collectionner, Collections d'art en Suisse depuis 1848 • L'arte di collezionare, Collezioni svizzere d'arte dal 1848 Swiss Institute for Art Research (ed.) • Zurich • 1998 fig. 9.
2004Lukas Gloor, Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 3 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2004 • no. 137 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 213 (ill.).