This richly illustrated volume places Modigliani at the front of the avant-garde。

Amedeo Modigliani （1884–1920） moved to Paris as a twenty-two-year-old art student and could be regarded as the last true bohemian in Montmartre。 Modigliani – Picasso: The Primitivist Revolution marks the one-hundredth anniversary of his death and shows him for the first time not just as a provocateur， constantly under the influence of alcohol and drugs， but as a leading member of the avant-garde who carried the Primitivist movement well into the twentieth century。 Here Modigliani’s famous nudes， haunting portraits， and seldom-exhibited sculptures are juxtaposed with works by Pablo Picasso， Constantin Brâncusi， and André Derain as well as artifacts from so-called primitive—i。e。 non-European—cultures。 The catalog features 160 images of Modigliani’s paintings from museums and private collections across the world。