Still Life

1946

Giorgio Morandi

Artist, Italian, 1890 - 1964

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.8 x 32.4 cm (10 3/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.7 x 51.5 cm (14 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.47.83

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vitali 1964, no. 113, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 21 Feb - 24 May 2009.

  • Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2009, unnumbered catalogue.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1964

  • Vitali, Lamberto. L'Opera grafica di Giorgio Morandi. 2nd ed. Turin: Giulio Einaudi, 1964.

Inscriptions

lower left plate: Morandi 1946; lower right in graphite: Morandi; lower left in graphite: 26/65; by later hands, lower right verso in graphite: #4732 / 8181/7 / Vit. 113; by later hand, upper right verso in ball-point pen: 21WH

Watermarks

C M FABBRIANO

Wikidata ID

Q75393874

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