


GIACOMO BALLA(1871-1958)Linea di velocità + paesaggio
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GIACOMO BALLA (1871-1958)
signed 'Balla' (centre left); stamped three times with the Pugno di Boccioni stamp and affixed with the artist's estate label (on the reverse)
gouache and collage on card
14.6 x 19.7cm (5 3/4 x 7 3/4in).
Executed circa 1915
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Elena Gigli. This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogo Ragionato dell'opera di Giacomo Balla, currently being prepared.
Provenance
Casa Balla, no. 993 (the artist's estate).
Luce & Elica Balla, Italy (the artist's daughters, acquired circa 1958).
Flora Viale Collection, New York and Rome (acquired from the above in 1979).
Crane Kalman Gallery, London (acquired from the above through Hirschl & Adler, New York, in early 1999).
Private collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1999).
Exhibited
London, Crane Kalman Gallery, Collage, The Pasted-Paper Revolution, 28 June - 7 September 1999, no. 3.
Literature
E. Gigli, Giacomo Balla, Coloratissimo e luminosissimo, exh. cat., Bologna, 2013, no. 20 (illustrated p. 165).