Young Man with a Cap

Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884-1920
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About the Artwork

Young Man with a Cap

early 20th century

Amedeo Modigliani

1884-1920

Italian

Unknown

Oil on canvas

Unframed: 24 × 14 7/8 inches (61 × 37.8 cm) Framed: 30 15/16 × 21 7/8 × 2 7/8 inches (78.6 × 55.6 × 7.3 cm)

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European Modern Art to 1970

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.185

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Signed, upper right: modigliani

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Provenance

(G. J. Demotte [1877-1923], New York, New York, USA)

February 1932, Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Art News, vol. 30 (February 20, 1932): p. 6 (ill.).

The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1970, pp. 14 (ill.), 29.

Cummings, Frederick J. and Charles H. Elam, eds. The Detroit Institute of Arts Illustrated Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 176 (ill.).

Restellini, Marc, ed. Modigliani: The Primitivist Revolution. Exh. cat., Albertina Museum. Vienna, 2021, p.163, cat. no. 100 (ill.).

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Amedeo Modigliani, Young Man with a Cap, early 20th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.185.

Young Man with a Cap
Young Man with a Cap