Giorgio Morandi
Still Life with Seven Objects in Tondo
1945
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Giorgio Morandi
Still Life with Seven Objects in Tondo
1945
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 373 x 492 mm. (14 11/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Plate: 267 x 299 mm. (10 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Laurance P. and Isabel S. Roberts, Baltimore
Object Number
2005.144
One of the most admired Italian artists of the 20th century, Morandi, a painter and printmaker, concentrated almost exclusively on still lifes and landscapes. Working in his studio in Bologna which he rarely left for long, he would depict the same familiar bottles, vases and boxes again and again, in works notable for their refined elegance. In his use of repetitive motifs and in the simplicity of his compositions which often approach abstraction, Morandi is seen as an important forerunner of 20th century Minimalism.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2005; Laurance and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore, 1948; Alfred Barr
Sona Johnston, BMA organized, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art;" circulated to The Academy Art Museum, Easton, August 3 - October 6, 2007; and Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010 - October 10, 2010.
Inscribed: lower center in plate: "Morandi / 1945"; lower left below plate in graphite: "8/50"; lower right below plate in graphite: "Morandi 1945"; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: "fvf 58/535"; on backing board, by later hand, verso: "By Morandi / gift of Alfred Barr - 1948 / sold at Sotheby's, N.Y.. 16 May 1997 - $12,650 / cf.Morandi catalogue"
Markings: stamped lower right verso: "Galleria del Milio F [?] No. 4267.8 / Via [indecipherable] 26. Milan"
