Mug Amedeo Modigliani - Elvira Resting at a Table, 1919
CU300509
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€ 8.95€ 12.95
This mug was created for the exhibition "Amedeo Modigliani. A painter and his dealer" at the musée de l'Orangerie from September 20th, 2023 to January 15th, 2024
This woman was one of Amedeo Modigliani's favorite models, a young worker known only by her first name, Elvira. Her bright blue, almond-shaped eyes reflect the artist's trademark interest in stylized forms. Modigliani, an Italian by birth, moved to Paris early in his career and became a central figure in the avant-garde "School of Paris," an artist group based in Montparnasse. He painted this portrait the year before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 35.