Institut Restellini’s Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné to Release April 21
After over 40 years in the making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné will finally release next month. Pace will host a book launch at its London gallery on April 21, with a day-long symposium to follow on April 30 at Pace’s 540 West 25th Street space in New York. To say the publication is a labor of love for Marc Restellini, Modigliani scholar and founder of the Institut, would be an understatement. At six volumes and over 2,000 pages, with 100 works newly confirmed as authentic, half of which are already in major museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the catalogue raisonné seems poised to redefine the field of authentication, or at least Restellini hopes so. Related Articles “I would like our approach to become the standard,” Restellini told ARTnews. “I hope that with this catalogue people will see what can be achieved. My hope is that after this catalogue, people will say, ‘This is really the right method.’” Restellini’s team combined various scientific …
