Lot #398: GIORGIO MORANDI - Natura Morta con Ciotola - Watercolor drawing on paper

 

Artist: Giorgio Morandi (Italian, 1890 - 1964).
Title: "Natura Morta con Ciotola".
Medium: Watercolor drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1940s.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 x 12 in. (210 x 310 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $6,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $8,000/10,000
Lot Note(s): Hand-signed in pencil, lower center. Drawn on light cream laid watermarked paper, deckle edges two sides. Fair to good condition; there is a 1/8" (2mm) paper loss mid-image.
Comment(s): The pre-sale estimates on our example would have been substantially higher save for the condition issue. One of Morandi's sparse compositions, later visited in 'Natura Morta' (sold for $56,450 [€38,000] at Christie's, Milan, 11/27/2007), among others. Image © Giorgio Morandi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome. [30511-2-6000-NA]