LOT DETAILS

Materials:

brush and black ink on buff paper

Measurements:

9.37 in. (23.80 cm.) (height) by 8.27 in. (21.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and inscribed 'BALLA FUTURISTA' (in the centre)

Exhibited:

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Futurism, A Modern Focus, The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection, 1973 - 1974, no. 24 (illustrated p. 61). Philadelphia, Museum of Art, 1980 - 1981, no. 13.42. New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, The Futurist Imagination, 1983, no. 11 (illustrated).

Literature:

V. Dorazio, Giacomo Balla, An Album of his Life and Work, New York 1970 (illustrated on the dust jacket).

Provenance:

Luce Balla, Rome (the artist's daughter). Mr and Mrs Harry Lewis Winston, Michigan & New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1960. Lydia Winston Malbin, New York; her sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 8. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 October 1999, lot 1. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.