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AMEDEO MODIGLIANI Study of Nijinsky.
Pencil on thin, cream wove paper, circa 1910. 426x274 mm; 16 3/4x10 3/4 inches.
Ex-collection Joseph Levi, Paris; Gaston Levi, Paris; Mrs. Gaston Levi, New York; thence by descent to Levi's daughter and to the current owner, New York.
Exhibited at The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1959 (lent by Mrs. Gaston Levi); The Atlanta Art Association Galleries, March 31-April 17, 1960 (lent by Mrs. Gaston Levi); Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 'Modigliani: L'ange au visage grave,' October 23, 2002-March 2, 2003; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 'Amedeo Modigliani: L'Angelo dal Volto Severo,' March-July-2003; The Jewish Museum, New York, "Modigliani: Beyond the Myth," May 21-September 19, 2004 (and traveled to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2004-2005).
Modigliani and Nijinsky met around 1909-10 amidst the Parisian café culture of the early 20th century, buzzing with luminaries of art, science and theater. Nijinsky had come to Paris from Russia in 1909 as part of a troupe organized by the innovative and celebrated ballet producer, Sergei Diaghilev, to perform a series of ballets and stage plays. The group, which also included prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, later became known as the now-famous Ballets Russes.
