Still Life

1942

Giorgio Morandi

Associated Names
Giorgio Morandi

Artist, Italian, 1890 - 1964

The image shows a collection of containers and vessels on a surface. The objects vary in size and shape, including a large jug, a conical flask, and a tall cylindrical object. The color palette is shades of grey. The objects are arranged closely together with the tallest jugs at the back on the left, the cylindrical container on the far right, and smaller vessels in between.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.7 x 26.7 cm (10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 34.7 x 45.6 cm (13 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.47.82

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vitali 1964, no. 110, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 21 Feb 24 - May 2009.

  • Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2009, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1964

  • Vitali, Lamberto. L'Opera grafica di Giorgio Morandi. 2nd ed. Turin: Giulio Einaudi, 1964.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Morandi 1942; lower left in graphite: 22/50

Wikidata ID

Q75393870

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