Boccioni's Fist--Lines of Force II
Date
(1916-1917/reconstructed 1956-1958/cast 1968)
Artist
Giacomo Balla, Italian, b. Turin, 1871–1958
Provenance
Estate of the artist, Rome
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome, to 25 June 1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 June 1968-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
GALLERIA DELL'OBELISCO, Rome. "Balla sculpture: 1913-15," May-June 1968, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 249.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.
Published References
[ADVERTISEMENT (Galleria dell'Obelisco). Art International 2/6 (Summer 1968), ill.]
GALLERIA DELL'OBELISCO. Balla 1871-1958: tutte le sculture (Rome, 1971), no. 1, ill.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 661, ill.
LERNER, ABRAM. An Introduction to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), no. 38.
HANHISALO, JUDITH EVANS. Enjoying Art (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983), no. 95, p. 140.
LE NORMAND-ROMAIN, ANTOINETTE, et al. Sculpture (New York: Skira/ Rizzoli, 1986), ill.
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School
Futurism
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.19
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Brass and paint
Dimensions
33 x 31 1/2 x 13 in. (83.8 x 80 x 33 cm)
