Lot 409
  • 409

GIORGIO MORANDI | Natura morta (Still Life)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Giorgio Morandi
  • Natura morta (Still Life)
  • Signed Morandi (lower center)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 6 7/8 by 9 3/4 in.
  • 17.5 by 24.8 cm
  • Executed in 1953.

Provenance

Valerio Zurlini, Rome
Private Collection, Rome
Galerie di Meo, Paris
Acquired from the above on November 23, 2001 by the present owner 

Exhibited

Rome, Galleria Il Gabbiano, Giorgio Morandi, 1980, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue
Sasso Marconi, La Casa dell'Arte, Giorgio Morandi, 1981, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Efrem Tavoni, Morandi, Disegni, vol. I, Sasso Marconi, 1981, no. 141, illustrated p. 150
Giorgio Morandi, "Un'esperienza totalizzante," in Il Messaggero, May 15, 1984, illustrated n.p.
Efrem Tavoni, Giorgio Morandi, Disegni, Catalogo generale, Pistoia, 2016, no. D 1953/18, illustrated p. 125

Condition

The work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet has been adhered to a mount. The sheet is slightly time stained. The medium remains strong and is well-preserved. The top, right, and lower edges are slightly deckled.
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