Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz

1916

Amedeo Modigliani created his finest paintings between 1914 and his premature death in 1920. Focusing on a limited range of subjects, mainly portraits and nudes, he developed a highly distinctive style of sensitively elongated forms. Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz commissioned Modigliani to paint this portrait on the occasion of his marriage to the poet Berthe Kitrosser as a way of helping his troubled friend financially.

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Artist

Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884–1920

Date

1916

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81.3 × 54.3 cm (32 × 21 3/8 in.)

Origin

Italy

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection