Giorgio MORANDI (1890 – 1964)
Natura Morta, 1952
Oil on canvas
14 x 17 7/8 inches / 35.5 x 45.4 cm
Signed lower right Morandi
Provenance:
Galleria del Milione, Milan
Augusto Giovanardi, Milan
Galleria del Milione, Milan
Baldacci – Daverio Gallery, New York
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva
Franz Armin Morat, Freiburg (acquired from the above in 1978)
Morat-Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Stifung des Burgerlichen Rechts, Freiburg (by 1983)
Private Collection, Verona
Private Collection, Italy
Exhibited:
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Giorgio Morandi, October – November 1968, no.35 (ill.)
Paris, Galerie Villand et Galanis. Giorgio Morandi, December 1968 - January 1969, no. 30 (ill.)
Geneva, Galerie Jeanneret, Giorgio Morandi, November 1977-January 1978. no. 8 (ill, p. 12)
Freiburg, Morat-Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Opening Exhibition. Summer 1979 -Spring 1981, no. 7
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Giorgio Morandi: Olbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, July - September 1981, no. 57 (ill.)
Nijmegen, Nijmeegs Museum Commanderie van Sint-Jan, Morandi, April - May 1982, no. 5. This exhibition later travelled to Innsbruck, Tiroler Kunstlerschaft im Kunstpavillon im kleinen Hofgarten.
Bologna, Galleria comunale d'arte moderna, Giorgio Morandi, 1890 - 1990, Mostra del Centenario, May - September 1990, no. 124 (illustrated, p. 190)
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard. Giorgio Morandi, Peintures et aquarelles, March-May 1992, no. 25 (ill., p. 63)
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bomemisza, Morandi, exposicion antologica, June – September 1999, no. 52 (ill., p. 150). This exhibition later travelled to Valencia, IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, September - December 1999.
London, Tate Modem, Giorgio Morandi, May - August 2001, no. 16 ill. p. 43). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musee d'Art moderna de la Ville de Paris, October 2001 - January 2002.
Washington, D.C. The Phillips Collection, Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life, 21 February - 24 May 2009 (p. 96, ill. in colour)
Literature:
L. Vitali, Morandi, Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan, 1977, no. 805 (ill.)
F.A. Morat, Giorgio Morandi: Olbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Freiburg, 1979, no. 5 (ill. p.15)
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964): Seine Werke im Morat-Institut fur Kunst und
Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, 1984, no. 7
K. Wilkin. Giorgio Morandi, Barcelona, 1977, no. 74 (illustrated p. 82)
J. Abramowicz, Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence, New Haven and London, 2004, no. 11.5 (illustrated, with the incorrect date, dimensions and Vitali reference no.)
K. Wilkin. Giorgio Morandi: Works, "writing and interviews”, Barcelona, 2007, p. 100 (ill., p. 101)