Amedeo Modigliani - Lot with 5 books - 1958-1993

1. Modigliani: paintings and drawings. Italian Encounters 1900-1920
Type: Exhibition catalog of the Verona show (Galleria dello Scudo, November 1984 – January 1985).
.Author / Edited by: Osvaldo Patani (with critical contributions by Guido Perocco, Licisco Magagnato and Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco).
Publisher: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, Milan.
Year of publication: 1984.
Physical characteristics: Large-format trade paperback with a grey illustrated cover (Lunia Czechowska, wearing a white blouse, 1917).
Pages: 174.

2. Cent Tableaux de Modigliani
Type: Official catalog of the historic Paris exhibition at Galerie Charpentier.
Publisher / Provenance: Galerie Charpentier, Paris. The inner front upper right bears the archive stamp of the art-financing house Istituto Finanziario per l'Arte - Finarte S.p.A., evidencing the volume's historical passage into their reference library.
Year of publication: 1958 (MCMLVIII).
Physical characteristics: Ivory-colored flexible vintage paperback with red and black titles. Text entirely in French. A document of considerable documentary importance.
Pages: About 120

3. Modigliani: early drawings 1896/1905
Type: Scientific catalog / Art monograph dedicated to the young graphic production.
Author / Edited by: Osvaldo Patani and Alberindo Grimani.
Publisher: Leonardo - De Luca Editori, Rome.
Year of publication: 1993.
Physical characteristics: Trade paperback with blue cover, ochre central panel showing an academic pencil portrait study. High-bulk paper.
Pages: 124.

4. Art Dossier No. 19 – Modigliani
Type: Monographic popular science magazine.
Author: Giorgio Cortenova. Publisher: Giunti Gruppo Editoriale, Florence.
Year of publication: 1988 (First edition of this issue).
Physical characteristics: Flexible glossy laminated issue with a yellow cover featuring the famous drawing Head of Woman with Hat. As seen in the contents (Photo 8), the work includes a rich chronology and essential bibliography.
Pages: 50

5. Exhibition of Amedeo Modigliani
Type: Rare vintage catalog from an Italian retrospective show.
Publisher / Context: This is a historical catalog of one of the first major public retrospectives devoted to Modigliani in the postwar period in Italy (likely related to the Venice Biennale or exhibitions of the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti).
Physical characteristics: Vintage paperback with an entirely color-illustrated cover (Lunia Czechowska profile portrait, 1919). Spine shows obvious signs of age and archival protective tape applied.
Pages: About 80.