Amedeo Modigliani

During their time in Paris, Anna met Amedeo Modigliani , the then little-known artist who did a few drawings of her.

On her first night in Paris NH met the artist Modigliani at a popular hole-in-the-wall restaurant. She was eating alone when a good-looking man, wearing a corduroy suit and black hat, entered the restaurant and...

She also did modelling for other artists (either professionally or for friends), and once danced naked for a crowd at Wassilief's academy (including Zadkine and Modigliani ) to Claude Debussy 's Golliwog's Cakewalk. NH

This book is highly readable: its fast-paced, witty narrative conducted in short sentences with few dates and even less of explanation or embroidery. NH is positively off-hand about such important topics as her early relations...