Lot Essay
This drawing is a study for the painting Natura morta, 1954 (L. Vitali, Morandi Catalogo Generale, Milan, 1977, vol. 2, no. 918; coll. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton).
Details
GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)
Natura morta
signed, dated and dedicated lower center 'Morandi 54 Alla Signora Gertrude Lenarts Morandi 31 luglio 1954'--pencil on paper
6½ x 9½in. (16.5 x 24.2cm.)
Drawn in 1954
Natura morta
signed, dated and dedicated lower center 'Morandi 54 Alla Signora Gertrude Lenarts Morandi 31 luglio 1954'--pencil on paper
6½ x 9½in. (16.5 x 24.2cm.)
Drawn in 1954
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Gertrude Bernoudy (1954)