Editing Amedeo Modigliani (section)

===Catalogues raisonnés===
The Modigliani estate is one of the most problematic in the art world. There are at least five [[catalogues raisonnés]] of the artist's work including two volumes by [[Ambrogio Ceroni]], last updated in 1972. [[Arthur Pfannstiel]] (1929 and 1956) and [[Joseph Lanthemann]]'s (1970) books are widely dismissed today. Milanese scholar [[Osvaldo Patani]] produced three volumes: paintings (1991), drawings (1992) and one on the [[Paul Alexandre]] period (1994), while [[Christian Parisot]] has published Volumes I, II and IV (in 1970, 1971 and 1996) of a catalogue raisonné.<ref>Georgina Adam (15 May 2002), [http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Pushkin-accused-of-displaying-a-fake/25016 Pushkin accused of displaying a fake] ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine.</ref>

In 2006, about 6,000 documents from the estate—believed to be the only ones existing—were moved permanently from France to Italy. Parisot, as president of the Modigliani Institut Archives Légales in Rome, had the legal right to authenticate Modigliani's work.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky (10 November 2011), [http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Pushkin-accused-of-displaying-a-fake/25016 Pushkin accused of displaying a fake] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> In 2013, Parisot was arrested by the Italian Art forgery unit after a two-year investigation (following a largely advertised exhibition in Catania, presenting original artworks<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-12-19|title=La Mostra Dei Falsi Modigliani del Duo Ferrera-Stancanelli|url=http://www.sudpress.it/la-mostra-dei-falsi-modigliani-del-duo-ferrera-stancanelli/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Sudpress|language=it-IT}}</ref>); the police seized works attributed to the artist, along with suspect authenticity certificates.<ref>Gareth Harris (24 January 2013), [https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/15/0515hot.html Fake Modiglianis Poison Art Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818100111/http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/15/0515hot.html |date=18 August 2012 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

The French art historian [[Marc Restellini]] is preparing Modigliani's catalogue raisonné.<ref name="Artnet">{{cite news |last1=Boucher |first1=Brian |title=Despite Death Threats, Modigliani Expert To Publish New Catalogue Raisonné |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/death-threats-modigliani-expert-catalogue-raisonne-572093 |access-date=2 March 2019 |publisher=Artnet |date=22 July 2016}}</ref>

The Modigliani Project, headed by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, was founded in 2012 to aid in the researching of Modigliani artworks.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.modiglianiproject.org/about-us.html |website=The Modigliani Project |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111414/http://www.modiglianiproject.org/about-us.html |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As part of this endeavor the organization is preparing a new catalogue raisonné of Modigliani's artwork.<ref name="Artnet"/>