Giorgio Morandi

Collezione Pietro Rollino, Roma
Acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 2005

Londra, Tate Gallery, Exhibition of Modern Italian Art, 1950
S. Gravenhage (L'Aja), Dienst voor Schone Kunsten van de Gemeente (Gemeentemuseum), Giorgio Morandi, 1954
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Giorgio Morandi - Giacomo Manzù, 1956, n. 33
San Paolo del Brasile, Museu de Arte Moderna, IV Biennale, 1957, n. 13, illustrato 
Venezia, XXXIII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Mostra personale di Giorgio Morandi, 1966, n. 55
Bologna, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Natura ed espressione nell'arte bolognese-emiliana, 1970, n. 78, illustrato 
Roma, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), 1973, pag. 108, n. 74, illustrato 
Madrid, Fundacìon Caja de Pensiones, Giorgio Morandi, 1984, pag. 41, illustrato 

Lionello Venturi, Pittura Contemporanea, Milano 1947, tav. 175
Guido Giuffrè, Giorgio Morandi, Firenze 1970, pag. 32, tav. 33, illustrato 
Lamberto Vitali, Morandi Catalogo Generale, Milano 1977, vol. I, n. 472, illustrato 
Marilena Pasquali, Museo Morandi, Milano 1993, pag. 58, illustrato

This work is in generally good overall condition. Along the edges, towards the corners, there are minor wearing dots with few losses and a tiny hole by the upper left corner, due to the friction with the frame. There is a light stretcher mark along upper and left margins. There is a pressure dot by the center of the lower margin. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
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"O tu cui lenta abbraccia la collina accaldata, 
casa persa nel verde, esile volto e bianco, 
solo tu durerai, muto, eroico pianto, 
non resterai che tu, e la luce assonnata".

Giorgio Bassani, Per un quadro di Morandi