ID 908057
Lot 31 | GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Natura morta
signed ‘Morandi’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (27.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Provenance
B. Pero, Milan.
G. David Thompson, Boston.
Charlotte Morat, Geneva, by the late 1970s and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
L. Vitali, Morandi, Dipinti, Catalogo generale, vol. II, 1948/1964, Milan, 1994, no. 944 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Freiburg, Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft Stiftung, on long term loan from 1983.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art, Neo-figurative art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art, Neo-figurative art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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