Paulette Jourdain | |
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Artist | Amedeo Modigliani |
Year | 1919 |
Type | Oil paint on canvas |
Dimensions | 39.5 by 25.75 inches (100.3 cm × 65.4 cm) |
Location | Private collection |
Portrait of Paulette Jourdain is a 1919 oil painting by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani.[1] It was in the personal collection of A. Alfred Taubman.[1] The painting was sold at auction by Sotheby's in November 2015 for $42.8 million.[2] The painting depicts Pauline Jourdain, who moved from Concarneau in Brittany to Paris in 1919 as a teenager.[3] One of Modigliani's largest works, it shows Cubist influences and references the Mona Lisa.[4] The painting was in the private collection of Liu Yiqian and was sold auction in 2023 for an unexpected low price of $34.9 million dollars.[5]