|
|
Modigliani Young Woman
|
|
| Limited Edition:
19 Banners |
| Availability: Sold Out! |
| Price:
$635 |
|
| Museum:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| Exhibition:
Great Art at LACMA |
| Material:
Printed 2-ply vinyl |
| Dimensions:
L: 96 " (244 cm) : W:35 "
(89 cm) |
|
Description:
Amedeo Modigliani was part of a circle of artists living and working in the Montparnasse district of Paris in the early 20th century. Montparnasse at the time was the artistic heart of the city with a bohemian enclave that included Chaim Soutine, Jacob Epstein, Jean Cocteau, Jacques Lipchitz, Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso, and Constantine Brancusi. This close-knit circle of artists often influenced one another’s work, and Modigliani regularly painted portraits of his friends, artists, poets, writes, children, and even ordinary people.
This banner features a detail of one such work, Portrait of a Young Woman of the People from 1918. The work is pure Modigliani, with its elongated face, uneven and mismatched eyes, and the vague expression of the young woman. Despite his readily identifiable stylistic elements, each of his works is varied in its presentation and mood. He was influenced by his love of African and Khmer (Cambodian) art, and this is seen in the flatness of his work, and the strong physical features he confers on his subjects.
The detail of the image shown on this banner focuses on the face of the young woman. Despite her stylized portrayal, her skin is treated with warmth and subtle, realistic flesh tones. This is contrasted with the steely blue of her empty gaze, and the stark black swath of her hair and neckerchief. Below the image is a lime green band with white text that simply reads “Great Art”. The banner was designed to span a street lamp post, so hanging two banners side-by-side would create a large, complete image. The other side of the banner completes the image, showing a continuation of the front image. This is framed in a lime green band with the museum’s website in white letters “www.lacma.org”.
|
| Provenance:
These banners were displayed around Los Angeles to promote “Great Art” in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Other banners in the series feature works by John Singer Sargent, Frans Hals, and Hashiguchi Goyo. |
About the Artist:
Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was a contemporary of the Cubists, and his Expressionistic work was influenced by that emotionally-charged style. Starting his career as a painter, he is also known for his works on paper and his primativistic sculptures. Modigliani is among a group of modern avant-garde artists working in Paris in the early 20th century whose personal lives, vices, friendships, and artistic explorations often supercedes their work. His alcoholic excesses, chaotic personal life, and dramatic death have further fueled the Modigliani legend, and seem in contrast to the great control and quality shown in his works. His passionate, bohemian lifestyle led to his early death of tuberculosis at the age of 35. In true soap opera style, his distraught lover committed suicide the very next day, jumping to her death and taking her own life and that of the couple’s unborn child.
|
| Color Scheme: Warm - Cool - |
| Style: Modern - |
|
|
