Giorgio Morandi
Lot 63

Giorgio Morandi

Zinnie in un vaso a strisce (V. 65; C. p. 73)

Closed18 September 2013

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GBP 6,250

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Giorgio Morandi
Zinnie in un vaso a strisce (V. 65; C. p. 73)
etching, 1929, printed on the reverse of an architectural engraving, probably an unsigned printer's proof of the first state (of two), inscribed la velatura d'ovvido si leverà facilmente - 20 esemplari in pencil (the numbered edition of the first state was thirty), with margins, some creases and two repaired paper losses at the lower sheet edge, generally in good condition
P. 300 x 260 mm., S. 440 x 488 mm.

Carlo Alberto Petrucci, Roma.

Specialist note

Cordaro points out that the impression at the Uffizi is also printed on the reverse of an architectural engraving, indicating the practice of re-using paper for printing in the Calcografia in Rome.