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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Jun 4, 2019 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Modern Art | 13 | $****** - ****** | Forze spaziali |
Works on Paper
18 x 20.5 cm (7.09 x 8.07 in)
tempera on cardboard
signed; signed and titled on the reverse
Casa Balla, Rome, Agenda no. 594
Valentina Orsini Collection, Rome 1969
European Private Collection
Zurich, Giacomo Balla-Werke von 1912 bis 1928, Turscke & Turscke Galerie, 5 October – 16 November 1985, exh. cat. no. 32, p. 73 with ill.
New York, Works by Giacomo Balla from 1905 to 1928, curated by
M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, Kouros Gallery, 15 March – 24 April 1986, exh. cat. no. 37, p. 77 with ill.
Edinburgh, Balla The Futurist, curated by M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 6 June – 19 July 1987; London, Riverside Studios; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, exh. cat. p. 128 with ill.
AA. VV., Archivi dei Futurismo, De Luca Editore, Rome 1962, p. 137 with ill. no. 339
M. Fagiolo dell’ Arco, Futur-Balla. La vita e le opere, Electa, Milan 1992, p. 145 with ill. no. 37
signed; signed and titled on the reverse, tempera on cardboard, 18 x 20.5 cm, framed
This photo is signed by Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, 20 November 1971
We are grateful to Elena Gigli for the assistance with cataloging this work
Provenance:
Casa Balla, Rome, Agenda no. 594
Valentina Orsini Collection, Rome 1969
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
Zurich, Giacomo Balla Works from 1912 to 1928, Turscke & Turscke Gallery, 5 October - 16 November 1985, exh. cat. no. 32, p. 73 with ill.
New York, Works by Giacomo Balla from 1905 to 1928, curated by
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Kouros Gallery, 15 March - 24 April 1986, exh. cat. no. 37, p. 77 with ill.
Edinburgh, Balla The Futurist, curated by M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 6 June - 19 July 1987; London, Riverside Studios; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, exh. cat. p. 128 with ill.
Literature:
AA. VV., Archivi dei Futurismo, De Luca Editore, Rome 1962, p. 137 with ill. no. 339
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Futur-Balla. La vita e le opere, Electa, Milan 1992, p. 145 with ill. no. 37
"We shall find the abstract equivalent for all forms and elements in the universe, then we shall combine them in sculptural constructions according to the mood of our inspiration."
Balla
