Giorgio Morandi

Collezione Prof. Ignazio Scimone, Roma
Studio AZ Galleria d'arte, Milano
Acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 2003

Lamberto Vitali, Morandi. Catalogo generale, Milano 1983, n. 845, illustrato

The work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There are wearing marks by the corners and towards the upper left margin, all visible in the catalogue illustration. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
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"A partire dal 1950, Morandi si interessa vivamente alle possibilità offerte da un gruppo di corolle strette in un abbraccio, in cima alla forma ora nettamente sagomata ora morbida e avvolgente del vaso. [...] l'insieme appare più compatto ed è più evidente la differenza di sostanza, cioè di identità, fra la forma minerale del vaso - righe bianche e blu di ceramica - e quella organica, vivente, germinale dei fiori, ancora come avvolti in un bozzolo ma pronti ad aprirsi nella luce." 

Marilena Pasquali
da Morandi. Riflessioni sull'opera, Piacenza 1991, p. 52

“In 1950, Morandi develops a strong interest from the possibilities given by a group of objects tightened together in a hug, with the contoured, soft and then enveloped forms of the vase. […] the closeness transmits compactness and it is more evident the difference in substance, in identity, between the mineral form of the vase – white and blue ceramic stripes – and the organic, living, germinal flowers, still wrapped in a cocoon but ready to blossom in the light.”

Marilena Pasquali