Giorgio Morandi - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Thursday, May 19, 2022 | Phillips

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    Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta, 1954. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, Artwork: © 2022 Giorgio Morandi, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
    • Provenance

      Gertrude Bernoudy (née Lenart), St. Louis (acquired directly from the artist in July 1954)
      Her sale, Christie's, New York, November 10, 1994, lot 464
      Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
      Christie’s, New York, November 2, 2011, lot 132
      Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

    • Literature

      Marilena Pasquali, Morandi Opere catalogate tra il 1985 e il 2000, Bologna, 2000, no. D 1954/1, p. 148 (illustrated)

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Natura morta

signed, dedicated and dated “Morandi 54 Alla Signora Gertrude Lenart Morandi 31 Luglio 1954” lower center
pencil on paper
6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Executed in 1954.

This work is a study for Natura morta, 1954, housed in the permanent collection of the Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $25,200

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 19 May 2022