Giacomo BALLA
Forme rumore
Date 1920s
Epoque 20th century
Origine Italy
Medium Gouache on thick paper
Dimension 19.6 x 32.1 cm (7³/₄ x 12⁵/₈ inches)
A comparable gouache drawing by Balla, entitled Linee andamentali and datable to c.1925, was sold at auction in Italy in 2001. The present sheet may also be thematically related to a number of other works by Balla, also entitled Forme Rumore, which have generally been dated several years earlier. These include a painting of c.1918 in a Milanese private collection and a gouache of about the same date in another private collection, as well as a gouache entitled Linea di Velocità e Forme Rumore that appeared at auction in 1980. Also somewhat similar is a collage of c.1915, also in a private collection.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Elena Gigli. This work is included in her archives under the number 2013/553.
Date: 1920s
Epoque: 20th century
Origine: Italy
Medium: Gouache on thick paper
Signature: Signed FUTUR BALLA at the lower right.
Dimension: 19.6 x 32.1 cm (7³/₄ x 12⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Casa Balla, Rome
Acquired in 1974 by Roberto Gnisci, Rome
Galleria Arco d’Alibert, Rome
Galleria Editalia, Rome, in 1985
Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 29 March 1988, lot 319
Branco Weiss, Zurich.
Exhibition: Rome, Galleria Editalia ‘Qui Arte Contemporanea’, Il Futurismo a Roma: anni dieci-quaranta, 1985.
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