Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz

Amedeo Modigliani

Painted

1916

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Medium

Oil on canvas

The sculptor Jacques Lipchitz and his wife Berthe, painted by their friend Modigliani in 1916, his only double portrait. Lipchitz commissioned it to help the penniless painter and persuaded him to work two weeks instead of finishing in a day. Elongated faces and almond eyes are Modigliani's signature.

Object record (Art Institute of Chicago) · CC0

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