Portrait of Paulette Jourdain

Paulette Jourdain
Artist Amedeo Modigliani
Year 1919
Type Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions 39.5 by 25.75 inches (100.3 cm × 65.4 cm)
Location Private collection

Portrait of Paulette Jourdain is a 1919 oil painting by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani.[1] It was in the personal collection of A. Alfred Taubman.[1] The painting was sold at auction by Sotheby's in November 2015 for $42.8 million.[2] One of Modigliani's largest works, it shows Cubist influences and references the Mona Lisa.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pogrebin, Robin and Reyburn, Scott (9 November 2015). "With $170.4 Million Sale at Auction, Modigliani Work Joins Rarefied Nine-Figure Club". The New York Times. A.G. Sulzberger. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (5 November 2015). "Worries of Market Chill at Sotheby's Auction of Ex-Chief's Collection". The New York Times. A.G. Sulzberger. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Amedeo Modigliani, 'Paulette Jourdain'". Sotheby's. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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