Nu couché (Long Museum)

Amedeo Modigliani

1917 · Oil on canvas · Private collection

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About this work

Artist: Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)
Year: 1917
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 60 × 92 cm
Collection: Private collection (Long Museum, Shanghai)
Movement: Expressionism

A woman lies on a red couch with her arms raised behind her head and her eyes half closed, her long body painted in a single warm ochre against a dark red blanket and a white pillow, her face reduced to the almond eyes and small mouth of all Modigliani's sitters. It belongs to the series of about thirty nudes he painted in Paris in 1916 and 1917 for his dealer Léopold Zborowski, whose exhibition at the Berthe Weill gallery in December 1917 was closed by the police on its opening day for indecency; the directness of the gaze and the visible body hair were the offence. The painting passed through the collection of the Turin industrialist Riccardo Gualino and was sold at Christie's in New York in 2015 for 170 million dollars to the Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian, who shows it at his Long Museum.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A long reclining nude in warm ochre against red and white, a wide painting for a bedroom or dressing room at 24×16 in black. Deep red, charcoal or warm grey walls suit it; pair it with the Met's Reclining Nude.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1917)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: intimate
Rooms: bedroom, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Nu couché (Reclining Nude) in the public domain?

Yes. Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Private collection (Long Museum.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12 and 24×16 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Nu couché (Reclining Nude) painted, and in what medium?

Nu couché (Reclining Nude) dates from 1917 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 60 × 92 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×16 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 18×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Nu couché (Reclining Nude) we'd choose 24×16. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Nu couché (Amedeo Modigliani) — Nu couché · Amedeo Modigliani · 1917. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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