GIACOMO BALLA (1871-1958)
Romanticismo moderno – Giardino del lago
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GIACOMO BALLA (1871-1958)
Romanticismo moderno – Giardino del lago
signed ‘BALLA’ (lower right of the third element); signed ‘BALLA’ (on the reverse of the first element); numbered ‘N.1’, ‘N.2’, ‘N.3’ (on the reverse of each element); inscribed and dated ‘VILLA BORGHESE DI BALLELICA ROMANTICISMO MODERNO GIARDINO DEL LAGO 1935’ (on the reverse of the third element)
oil over metal mesh on board, in three elements presented in a painted frame
framed: 36 5/8 x 73 3/8in. (93 x 186.5cm.)
Painted in 1939
Romanticismo moderno – Giardino del lago
signed ‘BALLA’ (lower right of the third element); signed ‘BALLA’ (on the reverse of the first element); numbered ‘N.1’, ‘N.2’, ‘N.3’ (on the reverse of each element); inscribed and dated ‘VILLA BORGHESE DI BALLELICA ROMANTICISMO MODERNO GIARDINO DEL LAGO 1935’ (on the reverse of the third element)
oil over metal mesh on board, in three elements presented in a painted frame
framed: 36 5/8 x 73 3/8in. (93 x 186.5cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
The artist’s estate.
Elica Balla [the artist’s daughter], Rome, by descent from the above in September 1993.
Roberto Donati, Cori, circa 1999-2000.
Anna Maria Maccotta, Latina, a gift from the above on 18 September 2025.
Private collection, Rome.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Elica Balla [the artist’s daughter], Rome, by descent from the above in September 1993.
Roberto Donati, Cori, circa 1999-2000.
Anna Maria Maccotta, Latina, a gift from the above on 18 September 2025.
Private collection, Rome.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
E. Balla, ConBalla, vol. III, Milan, 1986, pp. 152-157 & 207.
Further details
This work is registered at the Archivio Gigli, Rome, no. 2025 1213, and is accompanied by a photocertificate dated 18 September 2025
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