Artist Monograph

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian

Italian, 1884–1920

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	14	66.7%
Other Media	2	9.5%
Oil Painting	2	9.5%
Gouache	1	4.8%
Watercolor	1	4.8%
Lithography	1	4.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	81%
Painting & Sculpture	4	19%

Classification Types

Drawing — 16
Sculpture — 2
Painting — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	4.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	85.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	9.5%

Range: 21.0 cm → 130.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1932	1
1934	1
1935	2
1939	1
1940	2
1950	1
1951	1
1960	1
1963	1
1964	1
1972	1
1974	1
1977	1
1978	2
1979	3
1981	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 513" — 2

Highlighted Works

1912 Woman's Head Limestone

Recurring Subjects & Themes

Female Nudes · 5
Women · 3
Male Nudes · 1
Profiles · 1
Heads · 1
Portraits · 1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Woman in Profile Drawing Acc. 134.1978	(1910-11)	Charcoal and pastel on paper	17 x 10 5/8" (42.9 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Caryatid Sculpture Acc. 145.1951	c. 1914	Limestone	36 1/4" (92.1 cm) high, at base 16 3/8 x 16 7/8" (41.6 x 42.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Caryatid Drawing Acc. 439.1974	1914	Gouache and ink on paper	22 3/4 x 18 1/2" (57.8 x 47.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Bequest of Mrs. Harriet H. Jonas
Seated Nude Drawing Acc. 29.1932	1914	Pencil and watercolor on paper	21 1/4 x 16 3/8" (54 x 41.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Saidie A. May
Head Sculpture Acc. 593.1939	1915?	Limestone	22 1/4 x 5 x 14 3/4" (56.5 x 12.7 x 37.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 36.74 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller in memory of Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan
Adam Drawing Acc. 135.1978	(1916)	Pencil on paper	16 7/8 x 10 1/4" (42.8 x 26.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Motherhood Drawing Acc. 380.1960	(1916)	Pencil on paper	14 1/4 x 10 1/2" (36.1 x 26.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Collection
Paul Guillaume Drawing Acc. 940.1979	1916	Pencil on paper	13 7/8 × 10 3/8" (35.2 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers
The Family Drawing Acc. 110.1979	(1916)	Pencil on paper	17 1/8 x 10 5/8" (43.3 x 26.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers
Young Man Seated Drawing Acc. 452.1981	1916	Pencil on paper	17 1/4 x 10 5/8" (43.5 x 27.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Bonnie Cashin
Anna Zborowska Painting Acc. 87.1934	1917	Oil on canvas	51 1/4 x 32" (130.2 x 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Portrait of a Woman Drawing Acc. 874.1978	(1917-1918)	Pencil on paper	17 x 10 3/8" (43.0 x 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Bella and Sol Fishko
Woman, Head on Hand Drawing Acc. 139.1940	(c. 1917)	Pencil on paper	19 3/8 x 11 7/8" (49.2 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Oscar Miestchaninoff Drawing Acc. 708.1976	(1918)	Pencil on paper	18 3/4 x 12 1/4" (47.5 x 31.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Seated Nude Drawing Acc. 117.1935	(c. 1918)	Pencil on paper	17 3/8 x 11" (44.1 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Charles Guérin Drawing Acc. 420.1963	November 11, 1919	Pencil on paper	16 3/4 x 10 3/8" (42.5 x 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry in honor of Paul J. Sachs
Portrait of a Woman Drawing Acc. 140.1940	(c. 1919-20)	Pencil on paper	19 3/8 x 11 3/4" (49.2 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Portrait of Konrad Bercovici Drawing Acc. 461.1972	(1919)	Graphite pencil on paper	12 x 8 3/4" (30.4 x 22.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Reclining Nude Painting Acc. 13.1950	c. 1919	Oil on canvas	28 1/2 x 45 7/8" (72.4 x 116.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Mario the Musician Drawing Acc. 116.1935	(1920)	Pencil on paper	19 1/4 x 12" (48.9 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
LES NYMPHES Illustrated Book Acc. 943.1964	1921	5 photolithographic reproductions after pen and ink drawings	irreg. page 8 1/4 x 5 3/8" (21 x 13.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection

The Met (CC0 Open Access) — 9 records

Title / Object	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Rights
Woman in Profile Drawing	1909	Watercolor and graphite on paper	11 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (29.5 x 25.1 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Standing Nude Drawing	ca. 1910	Graphite on white paper	16 15/16 x 10 1/4 in. (43 x 26 cm)	Robert Lehman Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Woman's Head Sculpture Wikidata	1912	Limestone	26 7/8 × 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (68.3 × 15.9 × 24.1 cm) Weight: 75 lb. (34 kg)	Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery 911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Seated Nude Drawing	ca. 1916	Graphite on paper	10 × 6 in. (25.4 × 15.2 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Seated Nude Looking Down Drawing	ca. 1916	Graphite on paper	10 × 6 in. (25.4 × 15.2 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Seated Nude with Propped-up Arm Drawing	ca. 1916	Graphite on paper	10 × 6 in. (25.4 × 15.2 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Seated Nude with Raised Arms Drawing	ca. 1916	Graphite on paper	10 × 6 in. (25.4 × 15.2 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Girl in a Sailor's Blouse Painting Wikidata	1918	Oil on canvas	25 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (65.4 × 46.4 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Torso of a Nude Woman Drawing	ca. 1918	Graphite on paper	17 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (43.5 x 26.4 cm)	Modern and Contemporary Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata