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The Comitato per il Catalogo di Giorgio Morandi has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
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Fiori
Details
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964)
Fiori
signed and dated 'Morandi 1943' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.)
Painted in 1943
Fiori
signed and dated 'Morandi 1943' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.)
Painted in 1943
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the parents of the present owner circa 1943, and thence by descent.
Literature
M. Luzi, F. Loi & J.-M. Folon, Tre poeti per Morandi, Bologna 1996, pp. 8-9 (illustrated, on the cover).
M. Pasquali, Morandi: opere catalogate tra il 1985 e il 2000, Bologna 2000, no. 1943/2 (illustrated, p. 29).
M. Pasquali, Morandi: opere catalogate tra il 1985 e il 2000, Bologna 2000, no. 1943/2 (illustrated, p. 29).
Exhibited
Siena, Magazzini delle Sale di Palazzo Pubblico, Morandi: I fiori, November 1990-January 1991, no. 10 (illustrated, p. 34).
Ischia, Castello Aragonese, Morandi e la luce del Mediterraneo, January-September 1996 (illustrated, p. 23).
Brescia, Palazzo Martinengo, Giorgio Morandi: Oggetti e stati d'animo, December 1996-February 1997, no. VIII, 2 (illustrated, p. 85).
Tokyo, Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Giorgio Morandi: Flowers and Landscapes, October-November 1998, no. 28 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Sagamihara-City, Light and Greenery Art Museum, December 1998-February 1999.
Bologna, Museo Morandi (on loan, 1998-2007).
Bologna, Museo Morandi, Incontri al Museo Morandi: Opere in deposito per il 2000, January 2000 (illustrated, p. 33).
Nuoro, Museo d'arte della Provincia di Nuoro, Giorgio Morandi: I Fiori, May-July 2001, no. 7 (illustrated, on the cover, and p. 31).
Ischia, Castello Aragonese, Morandi e la luce del Mediterraneo, January-September 1996 (illustrated, p. 23).
Brescia, Palazzo Martinengo, Giorgio Morandi: Oggetti e stati d'animo, December 1996-February 1997, no. VIII, 2 (illustrated, p. 85).
Tokyo, Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Giorgio Morandi: Flowers and Landscapes, October-November 1998, no. 28 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Sagamihara-City, Light and Greenery Art Museum, December 1998-February 1999.
Bologna, Museo Morandi (on loan, 1998-2007).
Bologna, Museo Morandi, Incontri al Museo Morandi: Opere in deposito per il 2000, January 2000 (illustrated, p. 33).
Nuoro, Museo d'arte della Provincia di Nuoro, Giorgio Morandi: I Fiori, May-July 2001, no. 7 (illustrated, on the cover, and p. 31).
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