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Giorgio Morandi
Description
- Natura morta
Signed Morandi (lower left)
- Oil on canvas
- 12 by 14 in.
- 30.3 by 35.8 cm
Provenance
Galleria del Milione, Milan
Galleria La Nuova Pesa, Rome
Private Collection, Rome
MDG Fine Arts Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Bielefeld, Städtische Kunsthalle, Giorgio Morandi, 1964, no. 7, illustrated in the catalogue
Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Giorgio Morandi, 1964, no. 27
Wuppertal, Kunst und Museumverein, Giorgio Morandi, Gemälde, Aquarellen, Druckgrafik, 1965, no. 7, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Lamberto Vitali, Morandi, Dipinti, catalogo generale, volume primo, 1948/1964, Milan, 1994, no. 1319, illustrated
Condition
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Catalogue Note
The use of simple everyday objects allows the artist to focus his attention on the pictorial elements of space, light, color and form. The present work from 1963 displays a range of shapes, in which each object is distinctly different from the others. Tightly grouped together, they are arranged at varying distances from the viewer, partially overlapping and shadowing each other, thus forming a dynamic composition in which the eye is lead in a curving line from the smallest element in the front to the tea pot in the back. Their placement in the center of the canvas, with the tallest object partially obscured, adds to the tension of this outstanding composition.