Development of a Bottle in Space

1913, cast 1950

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In March 1912 Boccioni wrote, "These days I am obsessed by sculpture! I believe I have glimpsed a complete renovation of that mummified art." A month later he published the "Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture," and by June 1913 he had produced eleven sculptures, including Development of a Bottle in Space. Rather than delineating the contours of his subject, a bottle, Boccioni integrated the object’s internal and external spatial planes, which appear to unfold and spiral into surrounding space.

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Title: Development of a Bottle in Space
Artist: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date: 1913, cast 1950
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 15 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (39.4 × 60.3 × 31.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number: 1990.38.2
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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