Still Life
c. 1955
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oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 30.48 × 40.64 cm (12 × 16 in.) framed: 41.91 × 51.44 × 6.99 cm (16 1/2 × 20 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lenart in honor of Rusty and Nancy Powell
Accession Number
1997.112.2
Art Historical Context
Giorgio Morandi's *Still Life* (c. 1955) exemplifies the Italian master's lifelong devotion to humble, everyday objects rendered with poetic restraint. This oil on canvas, measuring a modest 30.48 × 40.64 cm, captures bottles, vases, and simple forms in soft, diffused light, creating an intimate meditation on space and form. Morandi, who spent most of his life in Bologna, produced thousands of such works, transforming ordinary items into timeless symbols of quiet contemplation. Working in the mid-20th century, amid post-World War II Europe's recovery, Morandi drew from Cézanne's volumetric st...