GIORGIO MORANDI (BOLOGNA 1890 - 1964) "Natura morta (Conchiglie)" 1943 pencil on paper 15.7x22.6 cm Signed and dated 1943 bottom centre Provenance Galleria del Disegno, Milan M. Valsecchi Collection, Milan Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia Private collection, Lugano Private collection, Bologna Exhibitions ‘‘Italian 20th Century Drawing’’ Villa Malpensata, Lugano, 13 February - 21 March 1976 "Giorgio Morandi" Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris, 5 December 1996 - 16 February 1997; São Paulo, Brazil, p. 204 ill. in catalogue Literature O. Patani ‘’La storia del disegno italiano 1900 - 1974‘’ Turin, Fratelli Pozzo, 1974, no. 234 E. Tavoni ‘’Morandi. Disegni‘’ vol. I, La Casa Editrice dell'Arte Sasso Marconi, 1981, no. 68, ill. E. Tavoni ‘’Morandi. Drawings. General catalogue"’ Milan, Electa,1994, p. 74 , no. 1943 1