Natura morta con il cestino del pane (lastra piccola)

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GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)
Natura morta con il cestino del pane (lastra piccola)
etching, 1921, on Fabriano wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, a fine and atmospheric impression of this rare, early print, Vitali's second state (of three), with wide margins, possibly the full sheet, pale time staining at the extreme sheet edges, otherwise in very good condition, framed
Plate 118 x 153 mm., Sheet 325 x 460 mm.

Provenance

An unidentified collector's blindstamp.

Literature

Vitali 14; Cordaro 1921.9

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

According to Cordaro, this early etching for the first time brought Morandi international recognition as a printmaker, as Galerie Krugier in Geneva and the National Gallery in Washington (n. B26292) acquired impressions of it. Some impressions of this print (including the present one), as stated by the author, bear the handwritten date '1922'. Other examples are the impression in the collection of Copenhagen National Museum (inv. no. 1966-25) and the one sold at Finarte in Milan on 17 May 1990 (sale 737, lot 193).

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