Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)
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Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)

Linea & velocità

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Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)
Linea & velocità
signed 'FUTUR BALLA', titled 'LINEA & VELOCITÀ' and stamped with the artist's monogram (lower right)
charcoal on paper
16¾ x 24 7/8in. (42.5 x 63.3cm.)
Drawn in 1914
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist circa 1957.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
G. Lista, Balla, Modena, 1982, no. 366 (illustrated p. 214).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 20th Century Italian Art, June-September 1949.
Madison, Mead Hall-Drew University, Sixteen works of Giacomo Balla, Spring 1957.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Arte Italiana del XX secolo da collezioni americane, April-June 1960, no.14 (illustrated p. 27). This exhibition later travelled to Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, July-September 1960.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Giacomo Balla, April 1963, no. 102.
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Quinta Biennale Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte, May-June 1976, no. 3 (illustrated).
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