UMBERTO BOCCIONI (1882-1916)
UMBERTO BOCCIONI (1882-1916)
UMBERTO BOCCIONI (1882-1916)
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PROPERTY FROM THE DR. SHELDON G. AND IRMA H. GILGORE COLLECTION OF ITALIAN ART 1850-1925
UMBERTO BOCCIONI (1882-1916)

Bambina dai capelli ricci (Fiammetta Sarfatti)

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UMBERTO BOCCIONI (1882-1916)
Bambina dai capelli ricci (Fiammetta Sarfatti)
pencil on lined paper
8 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (21.3 x 21.3 cm.)
Drawn in 1910-1911
Provenance
Amelia Raffaella Boccioni Callegari, Verona (sister of the artist).
Lydia Winston Malbin, Detroit and New York (acquired from the above, circa 1955-1957, and until at least 1973).
Anon. sale, Finarte, Lugano, 10 October 1992, lot 104.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
J.C. Taylor, The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni, New York, 1961, no. 144 (illustrated).
M. Drudi Gambillo and T. Fiori, Archivi del futurismo, Rome, 1962, vol. II, p. 258, no. 115 (illustrated, p. 199).
G. Ballo, Boccioni: La vita e l'opera, Milan, 1964, p. 493, no. 258.
T. Fiori, Archivi del divisionismo, Roma, 1969, vol. II, no. XVIII.203 (illustrated, fig. 2409).
M.W. Martin, "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Prints" in Futurism, A Modern Focus: The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection, exh. cat., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1973, no. 180 (illustrated).
M. Calvesi and E. Cohen, Boccioni, Milan, 1983, pp. 319 and 544, no. 476 (illustrated, p. 319; verso illustrated, p. 544, no. A10).
N. Mari, Umberto Boccioni: Disegni e incisioni della Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, Cinisello Balsamo, 2003, p. 130.
P. Bellini, Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni, degli ex libris, dei manifesti e delle illustrazioni, Cinisello Balsamo, 2004, p. 105 (illustrated, fig. 138).
M. Calvesi and A. Dambroso, Boccioni: Catalogo generale delle opere, Turin, 2016, pp. 300 and 545, no. 304 (illustrated, p. 300; verso illustrated, p. 545, no. 1142).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winston, May-August 1961, no. 74.

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