Lot 72
  • 72

Giorgio Morandi

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Natura morta con zuccheriera, limone e pane (Vitali 9)
  • Signed and dated in pencil
  • Etching
  • plate: 84 by 101mm 3¼ by 4in
  • sheet: 161 by 247mm 6½ by 9¾in
Etching, 1921-22, signed in pencil, dated 1921, the first state (of two), one of only a few recorded impressions, on buff Japan paper, framed

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist's studio.

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from occasional small pale fox marks in the margins, skinning at upper corners, stray blue ink at upper right corner. The verso with a band of skinning at top edge and at centre of bottom edge of sheet, framed.
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