Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884–1920). La Jeune bonne (The Servant Girl), ca. 1918. Oil on canvas, 60 x 24 inches (152.4 x 61 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1939 (RCA1939:6).
Between 1915 and 1920, Amedeo Modigliani executed many portraits in a style characterized by sparse settings and figures rendered with elongated bodies, oval heads, and seemingly blank eyes. The subject of this painting is said to be Marie Feret, a country girl from the south of France, and everything about the composition underscores a servant’s role—from her clothing to diminutive stance. However, there is a certain dignity to the figure, which Modigliani achieved through the use of color and line to unify the composition.
Label from Picasso: The Artist and His Models, November 5, 2016–February 19, 2017
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