Mercurio che passa davanti al sole (Mercury Passing before the Sun) Artist: Giacomo Balla (Italian, 1871–1958)

1914

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Tempera and oil on textured paper, mounted on canvas

Dimensions

framed: 27 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (70.49 × 55.25 × 5.87 cm)
25 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (65.41 × 50.48 cm)

Credit Line

Katharine Ordway Fund

Accession Number

1985.47.1

Culture

Italian

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Collection Balla, Rome; Arnold Herstand Gallery; from whom purchased by YUAG, May 1985.
Bibliography
  • Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, eds., Archivi del futurismo: raccolti e ordinati da Maria Drudi Gambillo e Teresa Fiori, 2 (Rome: De Luca, 1958–1962), 98, 159, no. 144, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre)

Inscriptions

On recto: LL; "Futur Balla"\r\non verso: (title as above) "an. 1914"

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