Artist Monograph

Giorgio Morandi, Italian

Italian, 1890–1964

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	19	86.4%
Oil Painting	3	13.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	19	86.4%
Painting & Sculpture	3	13.6%

Production by Decade

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	13	59.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	40.9%

Range: 19.4 cm → 82.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	8
1955	4
1956	5
1957	1
1958	3
1979	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bridge over the Savena, Bologna Print Acc. 746.1956	1912	Etching and aquatint	plate: 6 7/16 x 8 11/16" (16.3 x 22 cm); sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 5/16" (26.2 x 36.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Landscape Print Acc. 299.1949	(1913)	Etching	plate: 6 3/8 x 9 3/16" (16.2 x 23.3 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 1/2" (28.2 x 44.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Still Life Painting Acc. 286.1949	1916	Oil on canvas	32 1/2 x 22 5/8" (82.5 x 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Hillside in the Morning Print Acc. 56.1958	1927, probably printed c. 1942	Etching	plate: 11 x 8 9/16" (27.9 x 21.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 20 5/16 x 15" (51.6 x 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Fund
Landscape Print Acc. 747.1956	1927	Etching	plate: 7 9/16 x 10 1/8" (19.2 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 11 x 17 11/16" (28 x 44.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Still Life Print Acc. 94.1955	1927	Etching	plate: 9 5/8 x 13 13/16" (24.5 x 35.1 cm);sheet: 13 9/16 x 19 1/2" (34.4 x 49.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
II Poggio al mattino (Hillside in the Morning) Print Acc. 300.1949	1928, probably printed in the early 1940s	Etching	plate: 9 5/8 x 9 3/4" (24.5 x 24.8 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 17" (34.5 x 43.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Flowers Print Acc. 748.1956	1929	Etching	plate: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4" (29.8 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 19 1/8 x 13" (48.6 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Haystack at Grizzana Print Acc. 54.1958	(1929)	Etching	plate: 9 5/8 x 10 1/8" (24.5 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 15 9/16" (37.9 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the World House Galleries
Landscape Print Acc. 288.1957	(c. 1930)	Etching, printed in black	plate: 6 7/8 x 7 5/8" (17.5 x 19.4 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 13 7/8" (25.3 x 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall SOby Fund
Still Life Print Acc. 55.1958	1930	Etching	plate: 7 3/4 x 11 15/16" (19.7 x 30.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 15 x 20 3/16" (38.1 x 51.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of David Mann
Still Life with Drapery (Natura morta con il panneggio) Print Acc. 749.1956	1931	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 x 7 5/8" (17.5 x 19.4 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 7/8" (25 x 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Landscape at Grizzana (Paesaggio di Grizzana) Print Acc. 371.1956	1932	Etching	plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.9 x 23.9 cm); sheet: 20 1/4 x 13 13/16" (51.5 x 35.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
View of Montagnola, Bologna (Veduta della Montagnola di Bologna) Print Acc. 95.1955	1932	Etching	plate: 8 3/16 x 12 3/4" (20.8 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 13 13/16 x 19 9/16" (35.1 x 49.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Powis Jones
Grande natura morta con la caffettiera (Large Still Life with Coffeepot) Print Acc. 96.1955	1933, half the edition printed 1943, the other half printed 1949	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
Landscape Print Acc. 301.1949	(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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Still Life Print Acc. 302.1949	1933, printed 1939-49	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Grande Natura Morta Scura (Large Dark Still Life) Print Acc. 303.1949	1934 (published 1949)	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
Still Life Painting Acc. 688.1949	1938	Oil on canvas	9 1/2 x 15 5/8" (24.1 x 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Circular Still Life Print Acc. 97.1955	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
Oval Still Life Print Acc. 304.1949	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Still Life Painting Acc. 1240.1979	1949	Oil on canvas	14 1/4 x 17 1/4" (36 x 43.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	James Thrall Soby Bequest