GIACOMO BALLA
(Torino 1871 - Roma 1958)
Linea Forza
1920s - from a sketch of 1917
tempera and pencil on cardboard
21.5x25.9 cm
signed Futur Balla on the lower side
on the reverse inscribed "LINEE FORZE BALLA" and stamp "Pugno di Boccioni"
on the reverse label exhibition Balla. Inventore, mago, profeta.
The artwork has a certificate released by Archivio Gigli, Rome.
The artwork is registered at Archivio Gigli serie 2013 n. 551.
The artwork has a certificate of authenticity released by Luce Balla.
Provenance
Casa Balla, Rome, 1969
Sotheby's London, 1980
Private collection
Exhibited
Balla. Inventore, mago, profeta. (curated by Elena Gigli), Azimut, Roma, 1 - 31 October 2013
Literature
M. Drudi Gambillo, T. Fiori, Archivi del Futurismo, De Luca Editore, Roma 1962, n. 29li
G. Lista, Balla, Edizioni Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, Modena, 1982, n. 603, pp. 291 (ill. b/n), 520