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Works Sold to Benefit the John Baldessari Family Foundation

Giorgio Morandi

Natura morta

Auction Closed

May 16, 12:52 AM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Works Sold to Benefit the John Baldessari Family Foundation 


Giorgio Morandi

1890 - 1964 


Natura morta

signed Morandi (on the reverse) 

oil on canvas 

10 by 11 ⅞ in. 

25.4 by 30.3 cm. 

Executed in 1959.

Galleria del Milione, Milan

J.L. & B. Plaza, Caracas

Galleria Annunciata, Milan

Marianne Caprotti, Milan (acquired by 1977)

Galleria Claudia Gian Ferrari, Milan

Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above circa 1987)

Christie’s, London, 16 October 2014, lot 142 (consigned by the above)

David Zwirner, New York 

John Baldessari, California (acquired from the above in 2015)

Transferred to the John Baldessari Family Foundation by bequest in 2020

Lamberto Vitali, Morandi, Catalogo generale, 1948-1964, Milan, 1977, no. 1163, n.p., illustrated

Milan, Palazzo Reale, Morandi e Milano, 1990-91, no. 80, p. 168, illustrated in color 

Paris, Musée Maillol and São Paulo, União Latina-Museu de Arte, Giorgio Morandi, 1996-97, p. 164, illustrated in color (Paris); p. 154, illustrated (São Paulo)

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichunungen, das druckgraphische Werk, 1998, no. 78, p. 112, illustrated in color 

Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Giorgio Morandi, 2000, n.p., illustrated in color 

Cernobbio, Villa Bernasconi, Giorgio Morandi: oli, acquarelli, disegni, grafiche, 2001-02, p. 20, illustrated; p. 32, illustrated in color