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The mournful mood of artist Amedeo Modigliani’s work seemed apt for a season marked by decay and the baring of trees. So, for my September arrangement, I was understandably drawn to “Modigliani Unmasked,” an exhibit running until Feb. 4 at the Jewish Museum of New York, particularly this affecting 1919 oil portrait, “Lunia Czechowska.”
I started with an almost black vase I’ve long owned, as attenuated and somber as Lunia herself….