Lot Essay
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HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
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Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)
Details
Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)
Vortice+Forma+Volume
stamped with initials and numbered on the front 'G.B.'--titled, dated and inscribed on the top of the base 'VORTICE+FORMA+VOLUME 1913/1914 FUTUR BALLA'--chromed brass on painted metal base
Height (including base): 77in. (195.6cm.)
Original iron wire sculpture executed 1913-1914; this chromed brass version reconstructed posthumously by the estate of the artist in 1968, number one in an edition of nine
Vortice+Forma+Volume
stamped with initials and numbered on the front 'G.B.'--titled, dated and inscribed on the top of the base 'VORTICE+FORMA+VOLUME 1913/1914 FUTUR BALLA'--chromed brass on painted metal base
Height (including base): 77in. (195.6cm.)
Original iron wire sculpture executed 1913-1914; this chromed brass version reconstructed posthumously by the estate of the artist in 1968, number one in an edition of nine
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Galleria del'Obelisco, Rome (1968)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (1968-1981)
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1981-1986)
Galleria del'Obelisco, Rome (1968)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (1968-1981)
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1981-1986)
Literature
ed. M. Drudi Gambillo and T. Fiori, Archivi del Futurismo, Rome, 1962, fig. 227 (cf. illustration of a related drawing, p. 116)
M. Fagioli dell'Arco, Balla: Ricostruzione futurista dell'uni verso, Rome, 1968, fig. 9 (another chromed brass version illustrated)
M. Fagioli dell'Arco, Balla: Ricostruzione futurista dell'uni verso, Rome, 1968, fig. 9 (another chromed brass version illustrated)
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria del'Obelisco, Balla Sculpture, May-June, 1968