Head of Anatolia
1900-20
Modigliani captures a moment of quiet intimacy in this delicate sketch of a woman named Anatolia, likely one of his many muses in bohemian Paris. With just a few sweeping strokes, he creates her elongated face and closed, almond-shaped eyes—features that would become his absolute signature style. The name 'Anatolia' is inscribed at the bottom left, personalizing this fleeting portrait. While Modigliani moved in circles influenced by Cubism and African art, this drawing feels incredibly soft and personal, almost like a daydream, with his own signature scrawled at the bottom right.
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