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GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)
Lot 94

GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)

Natura morta con il cestino del pane (lastra piccola)

Closed21 March 2019

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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.

An unidentified collector's blindstamp.

Specialist note

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).