LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas laid down on masonite

Size Notes:

oval

Markings:

signed and dated 'Morandi 1940' (lower center); indistinctly inscribed (on the original stretcher)

Literature:

G. Ungaretti, Pittori italiani contemporanei, Bologna, 1950, p. 38, no. 38 (illustrated). L. Vitali, Morandi: Catalogo generale, 1913-1947, Milan, 1977, vol. I, no. 260 (illustrated). M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, pp. 47 and 321, no. 141 (illustrated in color). E. Tavoni, Morandi: Disegni, catalogo generale, Milan, 1994, p. 63. L. Vitali, Morandi: Dipinti, catalogo generale, 1913-1947, Milan, 1994, vol. I, no. 260 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Anon. sale, Galleria d’Arte Brera, Milan, 8 November 1961, lot 42. Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.