Motif for a Book Endpapers
Date
1916
Artist
Giacomo Balla, Italian, b. Turin, 1871–1958
Provenance
The Artist
Collection Signorine Balla, Rome, to at least 1963
E. Sozzi, New York
Property of Columbia University, New York, to 22 May 1975 (sale 3763, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, lot. 536)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 22 May 1975-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History
GALLERIA CIVICA D'ARTE MODERNA, Torino. "Giacomo Balla," 4 April 1963, no. 274. cat., p. 117 (measurement incorrect; listed as property of Balla, Rome).
GALLERIA D'ARTE DEL NAVIGLIO, Milan.
Published References
CRISPOLTI, ENRICO. Giacomo Balla (1963), ill.
LISTA, GIOVANNI. Balla (Modena, Italy: Edizioni Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, 1982), no. 488, ill. (incorrect measurement and ownership).
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Futurism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
86.220
Type
Painting
Medium
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions
9 5/16 × 11 5/8 in. (23.7 × 29.5 cm)
