Lola de Valence, 1915, Oil on paper, mounted on wood, H. 20 1/2 × W. 13 1/4 in. (52.1 × 33.7 cm), Paintings, Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, Livorno 1884–1920 Paris), Modigliani consistently integrated stylistic features of African art into his distinctive portraits. This work represents Lola de Valence, a famous dancer who had previously modeled for Édouard Manet. Recalling a type of mask made in the French Congo, the head’s elongated shape and abstracted facial features also appear in Modigliani’s limestone sculpture Woman’s Head
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