This book was inspired by a very special kind of identificationwith the art of Amedeo Modigliani,for the author acquiredthree outstanding works by the artist for the museum ofmodern art in Dusseldorf--now K2o Kunstsammlung Nord-rhein-Westfalen--of which he was the director for 28 years.The first was an oil sketch of a caryatid dating from around1911 when Modigliani still aspired to become a sculptor.Itcame to the collection in 1962--the year the museum wasfounded--almost directly from its previous owner Dr.PaulAlexandre who,by this time well advanced in years,hadbeen Modigliani's doctor in Paris and also his first buyer.The second was acquired in 1965 at the memorable auctionof the Andre Lefevre collection in Paris.

Foreword

Preface

The Sculptor: Heads and Caryatids

The Portraits

The Nudes

Conclusion

Plates

Paintings

Sculptures

Drawings

Appendix

compiled by Anette Kruszynski

Modigliani by his Contemporaries

Chronology

Selected Bibliography

List of Plates

Index of Names