Morandi, 1890-1964 : Nothing Is More Abstract Than Reality
Morandi, 1890-1964 : Nothing Is More Abstract Than Reality
- ISBN 13:
9788861307162
- ISBN 10:
8861307167
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 09/16/2008
- Publisher: Skira
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Summary
This volume showcases 116 masterpieces arranged into the four major themes that characterize Giorgio Morandi's work: self portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and flowers. The collection represents all the various expressive techniques used by Morandi over the years, including paint, etching, drawing and watercolor.The volume is the catalog of an outstanding exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum in New York and by the Museo d'Arte Moderna in Bologna. The exhibition will be open in New York from September 16 to December 14, 2008 and in Bologna from January 22 to April 12, 2009.The exhibition and the catalog also contain a number of photographs of Morandi's studio and quotes from his admirers, as well as the memorable 1958 interview with Edouard Roditi.