Lot 2
  • 2

Giorgio Morandi

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • FIORI
  • signed and dated 1961
  • pencil on paper
  • 14.8 by 21.6cm.
  • 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 in.

Provenance

Efrem Tavoni, Sasso Marconi
L. Bertini, Prato (acquired by 1981)
Galleria La Scaletta, Reggio Emilia
Sale: Semenzato, Venice, December 1988, Lot 194
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Ferrara, Galleria Duca d'Este, Disegni di Morandi, 1967, no. 20, illustrated
Milan, Galleria Pietra, Disegni di Carlo Carra, Giorgio Morandi, 1973, illustrated
Sasso Marconi, La Casa dell'Arte, Omaggio a Giorgio Morandi, 1977, illustrated
Crevalcore, Centro Civico di Porta Modena e Castello dei Ronchi, Giorgio Morandi. Percezione e rappresentazione, 1990, no. 18b, illustrated
Bologna, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna Giorgio Morandi, Giorgio Morandi 1890-1990. Mostra del Centenario, 1990, p. 301, no. 234, illustrated
Siena, Magazzini del Sale di Palazzo Pubblico, Morandi. I fiori, 1990-91, no. 35, illustrated
Piacenza, Galleria Braga, Morandi. Riflessioni sull'opera, 1991-92, no. 25, illustrated
Paris, Musée Maillol, (& Sao Paolo, Museo de Arte de Sao Paolo), Giorgio Morandi. Retrospective, 1996-97

Literature

Neri Pozza, Morandi. I disegni, Rome, 1976, illustrated
Efrem Tavoni, Morandi. Disegni, vol. I, Sasso Marconi, 1981, p. 199, no. 245, illustrated
Luigi Cavallo, 'Omaggio a Giorgio Morandi', in Il disegno italiano, 1990, San Polo d'Enza, no. 10, illustrated 
Efrem Tavoni & Maria Teresa Morandi, Morandi. Catalogo generale, Milano, 1994, p. 190, no. 1961 4, illustrated

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the window mount at all four edges. There is a very slight and unobtrusive crease towards the top right corner, away from the image. There is some very slight discolouration to the very extreme edges, not visible when framed. There is some residual sellotape staining to the verso. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition.
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