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Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

1890–1964

WA-00008970

Bologna, Italy

Representation

None documented

17

Institutional Exhibitions

44

Works in Collection

81

Assets Indexed

18

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ309618

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Giorgio Morandi

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969–1973

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Prints by Seventeen Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964–1965

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Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Three Painters as Printmakers: Braque, Mir�, Morandi

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958

Field Verification (8 fields)

6 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge+1· 85%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Zwirner + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/giorgio-morandi
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/giorgio-morandi
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/giorgio-morandi
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/giorgio-morandi
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4079
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (44)

Still Life

1960 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 248 x 280 mm

Still Life

1955 · Oil on canvas

Unframed: 43.2 × 61.6 cm (17 1/16 × 24 5/16 in.); 43.2 × 61.6 cm (17 × 24 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still-Life with Nine Objects

Still-Life with Nine Objects

1954 · Etching on cream wove paper

Image: 18 × 25 cm (7 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40 × 53.5 cm (15 3/4 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1952 · Graphite on paper

9 3/8 × 13 in. (23.8 × 33 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life with Bottles (recto); Sketch of Bottles (verso)

Still Life with Bottles (recto); Sketch of Bottles (verso)

1951 · Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

17.4 × 24 cm (6 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1951 · Oil on canvas

11 7/8 × 14 in. (30.2 × 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life

1949 · Oil on canvas

14 1/4 x 17 1/4" (36 x 43.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1948 · Graphite on cream wove paper

Sheet: 24.3 × 34 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Natura Morta

1948 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

22.9 × 33 cm (9 1/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1948 · Oil on canvas

6 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (16.8 × 19.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life

1946 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 375 x 457 mm frame: 533 x 613 x 65 mm

1946 · Graphite on paper

7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oval Still Life

Oval Still Life

1945 · Etching

plate: 10 1/2 x 11 3/4" (26.7 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 14 11/16 x 19 11/16" (37.3 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life

1943 · Graphite on cream wove paper

24.7 × 33 cm (9 3/4 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1943 · Pen and black ink on paper

3 5/16 × 5 11/16 in. (8.4 × 14.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Circular Still Life

Circular Still Life

1942 · Etching

plate: 10 3/8 x 10 9/16" (26.4 x 26.9 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 19 3/4" (37.6 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life

1938 · Oil on canvas

9 1/2 x 15 5/8" (24.1 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grande Natura Morta Scura (Large Dark Still Life)

Grande Natura Morta Scura (Large Dark Still Life)

1934 · Etching

plate: 11 5/8 x 15 5/16" (29.6 x 38.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 15 1/16 x 20 3/16" (38.2 x 51.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life with Very Fine Hatching

Still Life with Very Fine Hatching

1933 · Etching on paper

image: 248 x 238 mm

Still Life

1933 · Etching in black on buff wove paper

Plate: 23.7 × 24.3 cm (9 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 50 cm (14 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

1933 · Etching in black on off-white paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 20.5 × 30 cm (8 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Primary support: 22.7 × 30.1 cm (8 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 33 × 43.5 cm (13 × 17 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life

1933 · Etching

plate: 9 5/16 x 9 1/16" (23.6 x 23 cm); sheet: 15 1/4 x 20" (38.7 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape

1933 · Etching

plate: 8 1/16 x 11 7/8" (20.5 x 30.1 cm); sheet: 14 7/16 x 18 7/16" (36.6 x 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grande natura morta con la caffettiera (Large Still Life with Coffeepot)

Grande natura morta con la caffettiera (Large Still Life with Coffeepot)

1933 · Etching

plate: 11 11/16 x 15 3/8" (29.7 x 39.0 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 20 1/8" (38.3 x 51.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

44 published of 66 catalogued · 59 with image

MoMA
22 publishedof 44 catalogued44 img
Art Institute Chicago
11 published11 img
The Met
7 published
Tate
4 published4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Hilltop at Evening
1928 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Still Life
1946 · Tate · 1 prov
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Still Life with Very Fine Hatching
1933 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Still Life
1960 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Giorgio Morandi (Artsy)

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Giorgio Morandi (Wikipedia)

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Giorgio Morandi, cropped

Wikimedia Commons

Relationships

5

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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Background

Education

Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna

Visual Arts