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Thursday 22 October 2020, 04:00 PM • Milan

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Umberto Boccioni

(Reggio Calabria 1982 - Verona 1916)

Study for La città che sale, 1910

Estimate

€ 50.000 - 70.000

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Information

pencil on paper
cm 22,9 x 18,2
Signed lower right: Boccioni
Back: Study for the city salt (study of crowd with horses and hint of building)
Signed in the center to the right: UB

Provenance

New York, Winston Malbin collection (label on the reverse);Lugano, Finarte, 12 october 1991 (lot 66 );Milano, Gianni Manzo collection(label on the reverse);Milano, Christie’s, 25-26 may 2009, (lot  53);Roma, private collection..

Exhibition

New York, Futurism , MoMa, 1961 (Detroit - Los Angeles 1961-1962 traveling exhibition).

Literature

J. Taylor, The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni, New York 1961, n. 153;M. Drudi Gambillo, T. Fiori, Archivi del Futurismo, de Luca, Roma, 1962, n. 229  (Studio di folla);G. Ballo, Boccioni, Il Saggiatore, Milano, 1964, n. 365 (Idee per Baruffa);G. Bruno, L'opera completa di Boccioni, Collana Classici dell’Arte, Rizzoli, Milano 1969, n.124 c (Prima idea per Baruffa);M. Calvesi, Umberto Boccioni Incisioni e disegni, La Nuova Italia, Venezia, 1973, n. 26;M. Calvesi, E. Coen, Boccioni. L'opera completa, Electa, Milano 1983, nn. 661 e 663 (recto e verso);N. Mari, Umberto Boccioni. Disegni e incisioni della Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, Silvana editoriale, 2003, p. 136;M. Calvesi, A. Dambruoso, Umberto Boccioni, Catalogo generale, Allemandi ,Torino, 2016, p. 417, nn. 603 e 604 (Studio per La città sale).


Condition report

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