(Bologna 1890–1964)
Grande natura morta con la lampada a destra, 1928, etching, no. 69 of an edition of 75 + 3 Artist’s proofs, signed and dated with pencil: Morandi 928, plate size, 25 x 34.3 cm, sheet size, 44.4 x 46 cm, unframed

Provenance:
G. O. Collection, Milan until 1990, there acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, Italy

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Mostra dell’incisione italiana, 1931;
Rome, Le incisioni di Morandi, Calcografia Nazionale 1948, no. 35
Sao Paolo, Artistas Italianos de Hoje, Na Primeira Bienal do Museo de Arte Moderna de Sao Paolo do Brasil, 1951, p. 54, no. 149
Turin, Pitture e incisioni di Giorgio Morandi, Galleria Galatea, 1957, no. 46
Bologna, L’opera di Giorgio Morandi, Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio, 1966, p. 82, no. 50
London, Giorgio Morandi, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970
Paris, Giorgio Morandi, Museé National d’Art Moderne, 1971
Paris, Morandi, Acquerelli, disegni, acqueforti, Galerie Coard, 1971
Milan, solo exhibition, Rotanda della Besana, 1971, no. 136
Amsterdam, Morandi, Stedelijik Museum, 1972, no. 13
(Travelling exhibition) Leningrad/Moscow/Karkov, Giorgio Morandi
1890–1964, 1973
Bologna, Morandi, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 1975
Florence, Morandi acqueforti, Galleria degli Uffizi, 1978
Tokyo, Giorgio Morandi, Kamakura, 1989
Bologna, Mostra nel centenario della nascita di Giorgio Morandi, Civica Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 1990, pp. 325, 418, no. 258

Literature:
Vitali, 1930; Vitali, 1934, p. 66; Bartolini, 1940; Arcangeli, 1964, p. 270, no. 143; Valsecchi, 1964; Vitali, 1964/89, p. 18, no. 46; Giuffré, 1970, p. 12, no. 6; Cordaro, 1991, no. 1928 6

Note:
Morandi gave the original copperplate of this extraordinary and very rich composition to Lamberto Vitali who realized the etching with the help of the printer Graphica Nova, in Milan. The subject proceeds, with some changes, from a painting executed in 1927 (Vitali, 1977, n. 117).
This etching was printed in 8 different versions, with different margins.

Provenance:
Collection G. O., Milan until 1990, there acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, Italy

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Mostra dell’incisione italiana, 1931;
Rome, Le incisioni di Morandi, Calcografia Nazionale 1948, no. 35
Sao Paolo, Artistas Italianos de Hoje, Na Primeira Bienal do Museo de Arte Moderna de Sao Paolo do Brasil, 1951, p. 54, no. 149
Turin, Pitture e incisioni di Giorgio Morandi, Galleria Galatea, 1957, no. 46
Bologna, L’opera di Giorgio Morandi, Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio, 1966, p. 82, no. 50
London, Giorgio Morandi, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970
Paris, Giorgio Morandi, Museé National d’Art Moderne, 1971
Paris, Morandi, Acquerelli, disegni, acqueforti, Galerie Coard, 1971
Milan, solo exhibition, Rotanda della Besana, 1971, no. 136
Amsterdam, Morandi, Stedelijik Museum, 1972, no. 13
(Itinerary exhibition) Leningrad/Moscow/Karkov, Giorgio Morandi
1890–1964, 1973
Bologna, Morandi, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 1975
Florence, Morandi acqueforti, Galleria degli Uffizi, 1978
Tokyo, Giorgio Morandi, Kamakura, 1989
Bologna, Mostra nel centenario della nascita di Giorgio Morandi, Civica Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 1990, pp. 325, 418, no. 258

Literature:
Vitali, 1930; Vitali, 1934, p. 66; Bartolini, 1940; Arcangeli, 1964, p. 270, no. 143; Valsecchi, 1964; Vitali, 1964/89, p. 18, no. 46; Giuffré, 1970, p. 12, no. 6; Cordaro, 1991, no. 1928 6

Note:
Morandi gave the original copperplate of this extraordinary and very rich composition to Lamberto Vitali who realized the etching with the help of the printer Graphica Nova, in Milan. The subject proceeds, with some changes, from a painting executed in 1927 (Vitali, 1977, n. 117).
This etching was printed in 8 different versions, with different margins.