Giorgio Morandi

F. Wittgens, Milan
Collection Malcovati, Milan
Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001

Schleswig, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen Das Druckgraphische Werk, 1998, p. 94, no. 63, illustrated

Marilena Pasquali, Morandi, opere catalogate tra il 1985 e il 2000, Bologna, 2000, p. 54, no. 1951/1, illustrated in colour

The canvas is not lined. There appear to be no signs of retouching visible under UV light. There is some slight surface dirt to the upainted canvas that surrounds the image. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition.
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'Sometimes a vase looms up in isolated splendour on a ground of blue or snow-white, and is crowned with flowers [...] thrilled to have been cut even by angels, vigorous, vulnerable in an otherworldly clarity. No painter, not Renoir, nor Bonnard, nor Redon, has been able to render flowers with such primitive fervour, with such modern sensibility. Morandi renews a genre that in his work achieves pure moments of grace.'
JEAN LEYMARIE