LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

12.60 in. (32.00 cm.) (height) by 22.24 in. (56.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Morandi 1939' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1939 International Exhibition of Paintings , October - December 1939, no. 303. Freiburg im Breisgau, Sammlung F. A. Morat, Giorgio Morandi , Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, July 1979, no. 1, p. 28 (illustrated p. 7). Munich, Haus der Kunst, Giorgio Morandi. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, July - September 1981, no. 25, p. 242 (illustrated on the cover & pl. 25). San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Giorgio Morandi, September - November 1981, no. 20, p. 169 (illustrated p. 100); this exhibition later travelled to New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, November 1981 - January 1982, and Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, February - March 1982. Nijmegen, Nijmeegs Museum - Commanderie van St. Jan, Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964. Schilderijen, Aquarellen, Tekeningen en Etsen, April - May 1982, no. 1. Freiburg im Breisgau, Morat-Institut fu¨r Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Giorgio Morandi, 1984, no. 3, p. 23. Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, Giorgio Morandi, November - December 1989, no. 31, p. 55 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Okada, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, January - February 1990, Fukuyama, Museum of Art, February - March 1990, Tokyo, Yurakucho Art Forum, March - April 1990, and Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, April - May 1990. Bologna, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna “Giorgio Morandi”, Giorgio Morandi. Mostra del Centenario, May - September 1990, no. 61, p. 408 (illustrated p. 127). Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Giorgio Morandi. Peintures et aquarelles , March - May 1992, no. 10, pp. 32 & 82 (illustrated p. 33). Brussels, Le Botanique, Giorgio Morandi. Artista d’Europa , June - August 1992, no. 26, p. 158 (illustrated p. 62). Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Morandi, exposición antológica, June - September 1999, no. 25, p. 123 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Valencia, IVAM. Centre Julio González, September - December 1999. Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, Giorgio Morandi. Natura Morta 1914-1964, January - March 2004, (illustrated pp. 90 & 93; incorrectly dated ‘1938’). Washington, The Phillips Collection, Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life, February - May 2009 (illustrated p. 79)

Literature:

L. Vitali, Morandi, Catalogo generale, vol. I, 1913-1947, Milan, 1977, no. 246 (illustrated). F. A. Morat, Giorgio Morandi , Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1979, no. 1, p. 28 (illustrated p. 7). C. Brandi, F. A. Morat & G. Testori, Giorgio Morandi, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1984, no. 3, p. 23

Provenance:

Earle Ludgin, Chicago. Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York. Franz Armin Morat, Freiburg im Breisgau, by 1976. Mrs Charlotte Morat, Geneva; sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1989, lot 66. Private collection, Milan, by 1990. Private collection, Verona, by 1999