Giacomo Balla, 1871 Turin - 1958 Rome

Giacomo Balla,
1871 Turin - 1958 Rome

FIORE FUTURISTA - PROGETTO GIALLO, ARANCIO E LILLA, ca. 1918

Tempera, watercolour, and pencil on paper.
21.2 x 15.4 cm.
Framed behind glass in passepartout.

Accompanied by an expert’s report by Elena Gigli, Rome, 6 July 2009, Archiv Giglie serie 2009, no. 428, in copy.

After the Compenetrazioni iridiscenti, Balla created a series of works related to the manifesto Ricostruzione futurista dell’Universo (The Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe), which he had signed together with Fortunato Depero in March 1915.

Provenance:
Casa Balla, Rome.
Private collection, Rome.
Christie’s, Milan, 25 November 1996, lot 220.
Private collection.
Bloomsbury, Rome, 28 May 2009, lot 128.
Private collection.

Exhibitions:
Giacomo Balla Dall’Autodolore. Opere 1902 - 1947, Rome, 16 November 1994 - 15 January 1995, cat. p. 60, no. 59.