{"product_id":"modigliani-bust-statue-red","title":"Modigliani Bust Statue - Red Woman with Oceanic Influence | Parastone","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Red Figure: Modigliani Between Africa and Oceania\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eModigliani Bust Statue\u003c\/strong\u003e reproduces the 1913 oil painting \u003cem\u003eLe grand buste rouge\u003c\/em\u003e, one of Modigliani's most striking female figures from his early Paris period. The deep red palette, the curving, elongated torso, and the simplified facial features mark a shift in his visual language - moving away from the angular geometry of African masks toward the organic, swelling forms he found in Oceanic sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eWhile his stone heads from 1910 to 1912 compress their forms into vertical lines, this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eModigliani bust statue \u003c\/strong\u003eopens outward. The shoulders curve, the torso broadens, the surface feels inhabited. Parastone's reproduction captures those volumes in red-finished resin and imagines the back view of the female figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Collectible resin, red finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.75 in. H x 3.5 in. W x 2 in. D\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e MO14, Amedeo Modigliani sculpture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.museumize.com\/collections\/parastone-museum-replicas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eParastone Mouseion Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded:\u003c\/strong\u003e Description card in four languages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.museumize.com\/collections\/artist-modigliani-female-statues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eView the full Modigliani Sculpture Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.museumize.com\/collections\/modern-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eModern Art Sculpture Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOceanic Influence on the Modigliani Bust Statue\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Musee d'Ethnographie du Trocadero in Paris held one of the largest collections of Oceanic and African objects in Europe during Modigliani's years there. Where African masks gave his stone heads their frontal symmetry and carved-in stillness, Oceanic sculpture - particularly from Melanesia and Polynesia - offered something different: rounder volumes, more organic surfaces, figures that curve and expand rather than contract into geometry. \u003cem\u003eLe grand buste rouge\u003c\/em\u003e shows that shift. The forms are generous and rounded. The face retains his characteristic almond eyes and straight nose, but the body has a different weight than anything in his stone head series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLe grand buste rouge: The 1913 Painting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy 1913, \u003cstrong\u003eModigliani\u003c\/strong\u003e had largely stepped back from stone carving and was painting full-time. \u003cstrong\u003eLe grand buste rouge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to a series of female figures he produced during this transition - oil paintings that carried the formal lessons of his sculpture directly into paint. The elongated neck, the tilted oval head, the half-closed eyes: these were already established in his carved work. In this painting, they meet a warm red ground and a more expansive treatment of the female form. The Parastone \u003cstrong\u003eModigliani bust statue\u003c\/strong\u003e brings those painted volumes into three dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAmedeo Modigliani: Italian Painter in Paris\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Livorno, Italy, and trained in Florence and Venice before moving to Paris in 1906. He absorbed the Post-Impressionist environment around him but developed a style that bore little resemblance to his contemporaries'. His primary sources were non-Western - African masks, Oceanic figurines, and ancient Mediterranean sculpture - filtered through a sensibility formed by early Italian painting. He died in Paris in 1920 at 35, leaving a body of work largely undervalued in his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDisplay\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eModigliani bust statue\u003c\/strong\u003e is self-supporting on any flat surface. At 6.75 in. H x 3.5 in. W, it reads well on a shelf, mantle, or desk where the full front of the figure is visible. Dust occasionally with a dry cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFor More Reading\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.burlington.org.uk\/archive\/article\/the-modigliani-technical-research-study-an-introduction-to-modiglianis-materials-and-techniques\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBurlington Magazine - Modigliani Technical Research Study\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/research-starters\/history\/amedeo-modigliani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eEBSCO Research Starters - Amedeo Modigliani\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artrewards.net\/editorial\/amedeo-modigliani-a-life-of-art-passion-and-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eArtRewards - Amedeo Modigliani: Life, Passion, and Tragedy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Parastone","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":1192670231,"sku":"MO14","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/0537\/files\/MO14-modigliani-red-bust-statue-1-1080sqr.jpg?v=1782429676","url":"https:\/\/www.museumize.com\/products\/modigliani-bust-statue-red","provider":"Museumize.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}