John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JONATHON JONES IN THE GUARDIAN
“Modigliani's Nu Couché is a trite pastiche – and the buyers saw through the hype”
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/15/modigliani-nu-couche-sur-le-cote-gauche-sothebys-new-york-157m#comments
I don't understand even that amount.
While I sometimes like Modigliani, this particular painting reminds me of commercial art, advertising art. A poster.
It's, to my mind, very self-conscious, much like a figure suggesting why don't you smoke Kools or drink Pepsi?
The distance between this and Ingres or Titian is close to infinite.
