MORANDI 1890 - 1964. - Lot 867

MORANDI 1890 - 1964. Giorgio Morandi, born and died in Bologna - Italy, "metaphysical, Futurist" painter. He exhibited at the 1st "Free Futurist Exhibition" in Rome in 1914. 1st prize for painting at the 1948 Venice Biennale. - Cézanne's work represents his major influence, and still lifes are the most important part of his oeuvre. Important catalog, 27.5 x 23.5 cm, 236 pages, published for the "retrospective" exhibition of his works, from December 6, 1996 to February 15, 1997, at the Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris. At the head of the book, a portrait by photographer Antonio Masotti, and texts analyzing the man and his work by leading specialists (95 pages of articles). This is followed by a full-page presentation of his oil paintings and watercolors from 1914 to 1962; also his drawings, some 60 works dated, measured and named. The book ends with a chronological biography, an index of recent exhibitions and a bibliography.