RAFFAELE BALDI (born 1905)

Linear Harmonies

Details

RAFFAELE BALDI (born 1905)
Linear Harmonies
Gelatin silver print. 1932. Embossed credit stamp on the recto; credit stamp and title in French on the verso.
7 x 10.1/8in. (19.7 x 25.7cm.)

Provenance

Giovanni Lista;
Sotheby's New York, Italian Futurist Photographs, November 9, 1982, lot 10;
To the present owner.

Exhibited

Prima Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Fotografia, Rome, December 19 - January 20, 1933.
Muse d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981.

Lot Essay

Baldi became interested in Futurism when he met Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of Futurism in 1930. He is credited with creating some of the earliest Futurist photomontages and photograms, a result of his interest in the work of other avant-garde photographers of the time.