Beatrice Hastings in Front of a Door

Beatrice Hastings in Front of a Door
ArtistAmedeo Modigliani
Year1915
TypeOil paint on canvas
Dimensions32 by 18.25 inches (81.3 cm × 46.4 cm)
LocationPrivate collection

Beatrice Hastings in Front of a Door (French: Beatrice Hastings devant une porte) is an oil on canvas painting by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, from 1915. It depicts his then lover, the English writer Beatrice Hastings.[1] It is one of 14 portraits Modigliani painted of Hastings.[2] In 2002 the painting was sold at auction for $4.2 million to a private collector.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) – Beatrice Hastings devant une porte". Christie's. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ Adrian Searle (4 July 2006). "Rats' teeth and empty eyes". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ von Toll, Gritta (4 January 2021). "Who Was Beatrice Hastings, the First Muse of Modigliani?". Barnebys. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
Stub icon

This article about a twentieth-century painting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.