Nu couché (Long Museum)

Amedeo Modigliani

1917 · Oil on canvas · Private collection

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Nu couché (Long Museum)

Reclining Nude (The Met)

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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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 16×24 in black. Deep red, charcoal or warm grey walls suit it; pair it with the Met's Reclining Nude.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1917)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: intimate
Rooms: bedroom, living room, dining room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 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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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 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, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Nu couché (Reclining Nude) we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Amedeo Modigliani's Nu couché — a woman reclining with arms raised on a red couch, her long body a single warm ochre — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Modern Masters of Montparnasse, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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