Exploring Drawing Techniques and Drawing Materials: From the Ice Age to the present.
Modigliani's sculptures are probably a lesser know aspect of his work, but personally I think it is very refined and has great presence. He was a friend of Brancusi whose pared down sculptures appealed to Modi. His sculptures have a timeless feeling and they appear to be in a state of introspection. Modigliani incorporated in these sculptures the features of elongation that appear in his later paintings. Modigliani studied ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian among many other cultures. Sadly as he was direct carver with his limestone blocks, the dust from the limestone greatly affected his delicate chest condition. So he gave up sculpting and concentrated on his painting. I think it is pity that he did not produce more due to his health, but still what remains is a great gift to modernist sculpture.
