Artist: amedeo modigliani, d'après title: "portrait of a woman" authentic plate from the lithographic collection published by einaudi in 1959. year of conception: 1915 year of print: 1959 matted in its original passepartout total size: 56 x 45 cm lithograph size: 38.5 x 24.4 cm one of the subjects modigliani became most famous for this is an original print from 1959, not a later reproduction or giclée (which are much more common). it has been printed in a small edition of 1000 only by einaudi publisher in turin, italy. numbered 576 on the colophon. embossed seal (stamp-à-sec) by the publisher signed "modigliani" in the plate excellent condition italian introduction: "the real influence was the same one suffered by picasso in the demoiselles d'avignon. And perhaps it wouldn't even be a stretch to add that modigliani looked above all to the sculptures of gabon and the belgian congo and that the same obsessive motif of the caryatid, which returns in the most which in the stones, originated from ceremonial stools and not from prototypes of archaic greek plastic. The connection, then, between sculptures and drawings is, we can say, constant for example; pen paper reproduced here could be a preparatory study for the head of the philadelphia museum, as the identity of the individual elements of the face is absolute. As for the sign, it proceeds smoothly, silvery, without modulations and with very few breaks, sometimes sought with a very light serrated pattern, as in many sheets of the following period, around 1914-15, when modigliani, by renouncing sculpture, returned to what had been his first love, but enriched by an experience destined not to be erased" the listing if for the authentic lithograph as described in its original passepartout. The picture of colophon is posted in order to show the limited edition only. This piece has an attribution mark, i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution