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Artist

Giorgio Morandi

1890
Bologna, Italien

1964
Bologna, Italien

Work data

Material/Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Image: 49.9 × 52.3 × 2.5 cm
Frame: 71 × 73.8 × 10.3 cm

Signature

Bez. u.l.: "Morandi 920"

Accession Number

1031

Catalogue Raisonné

Vitali 53

Acquisition year

1966

Provenance

Little is known about the whereabouts of the painting “Natura morta (Il vaso blu)” by Giorgio Morandi after its creation in 1920. The work did not reappear until 1945 at Il Milione, Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan, from which Riccardo Jucker bought it in 1947. In 1953, the gallery repurchased the work from Jucker, only to sell it to Eric Estorick a few months later. It remained in Estorick’s collection until at least 1956, after which it can be found with David E. Bright. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the painting “Natura morta (Il vaso blu)” from Marlborough Fine Art for its holdings in 1966.

Between 2009 and 2012, several freelance provenance researchers examined the origins (provenance) of all works in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen as part of a comprehensive research project funded by the German Lost Art Foundation. The focus was on all works created before 1945. For the painting “Natura morta (Il vaso blu),” the ownership history during the National Socialist period (1933–1945) could not be fully clarified. For this reason, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen commissioned a more in-depth investigation into the history of this work in 2025.

If you have any questions or information regarding this work, please contact us:
Dr. Vivien Trommer
Head of Collection
trommer@kunstsammlung.de

Credit line

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Erworben 1966 aus einer Spende des Westdeutschen Rundfunks

Exhibitions

Giorgio Morandi artista d'Europa, 2.6.-1.8.1992, Archivio e Centro Studi Giorgio Morandi, Bologna, Musée Botanique de Bruxelles, Bruexelles
Giorgio Morandi. 1890-1964. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, 22.9.-25.11.1989, Kunsthalle Tübingen/Galleria d'arte moderna, Bologna
Morandi e Milano, 20.11.1990-5.1.1991, Civiche Raccolte d'Arte, Milano
Giorgio Morandi, 30.10.1997-10.1.1998, Arp Museum Rolandseck, Remagen
Morandi. Exposición antológica, 22.9.-4.12.1999, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia
Morandi. Exposición antológica, 31.5.-4.9.1999, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Der kühle Blick Realismus der zwanziger Jahre, 31.5.-1.9.2001, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München
Giorgio Morandi. Natura morta, 10.1.-6.3.2004, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
Masterpieces of Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen / Meisterwerke der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 17.10.2008-30.5.2009, Nagoya City Art Museum, Bunkamura Museum of Art in Tokyo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe
Zerbrechliche Schönheit. Glas im Blick der Kunst, 17.4.-6.9.2008, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf
Die Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen zu Gast in Gottorf. Picasso, Klee, Beckmann, Matisse und weitere Künstler in Schloß Gottorf, 18.7.-24.10.2009, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig
Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, 19.1.-17.3.1990, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Morandi. Resonancia infinita/Morandi. Infinite Resonance, 23.9.2021-21.5.2022, Fundación MAPFRE, Sala Recoletos, Madrid/Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, Barcelona
Giorgio Morandi. Resonanzen , 27.11.2025-21.3.2026, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen