1916
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz is a 1916 oil by Amedeo Modigliani, depicting Couple, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a portrait of two people, Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, sitting together. The painting is interesting because it was made quickly, in just a few days. Modigliani was a friend of Jacques Lipchitz, and he painted this as a gift for their wedding. Check out the technique of glazing to learn more about how Modigliani created the soft, blended colors in this painting.
After receiving artistic training in Italy, the sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani moved to the Parisian neighborhood of Montparnasse in 1906. It was there that he met the artist Jacques Lipchitz, who, wanting to help his financially troubled friend, commissioned Modigliani to paint this portrait on the occasion of his marriage to the Russian poet Berthe Kitrosser. According to Lipchitz, the picture took Modigliani only two days to paint, though Lipchitz persuaded him to work on it for another two weeks in an effort to pay him a larger fee. Despite Modigliani’s exceptional talent, his…
Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), Paris, acquired directly from the artist, 1916 [Lipchitz 1954]; by exchange to Léonce Rosenberg (1879–1947), Galerie de l’Effort Moderne, Paris, c. 1921 [Paris 1920; Lipchitz 1954; Benezra 1986]; sold to Frederick C. (1873–1953) and Helen Birch (1883-1925) Bartlett, Chicago, 1922 [Benezra 1986]; upon her death, given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 27, 1926.
Paris, Galerie Montaigne, Exposition rétrospective des oeuvres de Modigliani, December 11–29, 1920, cat. 14, as Portrait du sculpteur L. et de sa femme. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Birch-Bartlett Collection of Modern European Paintings, September 8–October 8, 1925; Boston, Art Club, Birch Bartlett Collection of Modern French Painting, December 9–26, 1925, cat. 40, as Double Portrait. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 702, as Double Portrait (Jacques Lipchitz and his Wife). Chicago, The…
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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: ; Italian: ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.
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