Boccioni's Fist--Lines of Force II

curatorial info

Giacomo Balla

  • Bio: Italian, b. Turin, 1871 - 1958
  • School: Futurism

Provenance

Estate of the artist, Rome

Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome, to 25 June 1968

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 June 1968-6 March 1972

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Exhibition History

GALLERIA DELL'OBELISCO, Rome. "Balla sculpture: 1913-15," May-June 1968, no cat.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 1 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 249.

Published References

[ADVERTISEMENT (Galleria dell'Obelisco). Art International 2/6 (Summer 1968), ill.]

GALLERIA DELL'OBELISCO. Balla 1871-1958: tutte le sculture (Rome, 1971), no. 1, ill.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 661, ill.

LERNER, ABRAM. An Introduction to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), no. 38.

HANHISALO, JUDITH EVANS. Enjoying Art (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983), no. 95, p. 140.

LE NORMAND-ROMAIN, ANTOINETTE, et al. Sculpture (New York: Skira/ Rizzoli, 1986), ill.

Giacomo Balla

Boccioni's Fist--Lines of Force II, (1916-1917)/reconstructed 1956-1958/cast 1968 Painted brass
31 1/2 x 30 x 10 in.

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Accession Number: 72.19

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