Abstraction Speed and Din (recto); Back of a Woman (verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1963.102
People: Attributed to Giacomo Balla, Italian (Turin, Italy 1871 - 1958 Rome, Italy)
Title: Abstraction Speed and Din (recto); Back of a Woman (verso)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: verso: Back of a Woman
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1913
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296982

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel and brush on purple prepared gray wove paper; verso: black chalk

Dimensions

actual: 21 x 27.3 cm (8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: lr: FUTUR BALLA
inscription: On verso in graphite:: 6 x 6/ illegible writing/ Balla

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Fund, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Fund, Inc.
Accession Year: 1963
Object Number: 1963.102
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Exhibition History

Cubism: Explorations and Adaptations, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/18/1982 - 10/26/1982

Verification Level

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