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Title:Sheet of Studies (recto); Group of Figures (verso)
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1910
Medium:Graphite on paper
Dimensions:5 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (14 x 18.1 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.18ab
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): Boccioni [underlined]
the artist (1910–d. 1916); his sister, Amelia Raffaella Boccioni Callegari, Verona (1916–56; sold in 1956 to Winston); Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Mich. (1956–his d. 1966); Lydia Winston Malbin, Detroit and New York (1966–d. 1989; her bequest to MMA)
Art Institute of Chicago. "Boccioni: Drawings and Prints from the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston Collection," March 14–April 27, 1958, no. 63.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," May 30–August 9, 1961, no. 163 (as "Sheet of Studies including Two Composition Sketches for 'The City Rises' and Two for a Scene of an Urban Crowd").
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 163.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," January 14–February 19, 1962, no. 163.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 46.
Louisville, Ky. Speed Art Museum. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," November 2–23, 1962, no catalogue.
Reno. University of Nevada Student Union. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," January 2–23, 1963, no catalogue.
St. Louis. Washington University. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," March 1–29, 1963, no catalogue.
Miami Beach Art Center. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," July 1–25, 1963, no catalogue.
Portland, Ore. Reed College. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," September 2–23, 1963, no catalogue.
Tempe. Arizona State University. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," February 16–March 7, 1964, no catalogue.
Bellingham. Western Washington State College. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," April 1–22, 1964, no catalogue.
San Francisco State College. "Umberto Boccioni: Drawings and Graphics by Umberto Boccioni from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," July 13–August 3, 1964, no catalogue.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 135).
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Futurism and the International Avant-Garde," October 26, 1980–January 4, 1981, no. 24 (as "Studies for 'The City Rises' and'"Scene of an Urban Crowd'," lent by The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection [Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Malbin, New York]).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 51K and L (as "Sheet of Studies including two composition sketches for 'The City Rises' and two for a scene of an urban crowd [recto]; Group of figures related to scene of an urban crowd [verso]," lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
Joshua C. Taylor. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, unpaginated, nos. 163 (recto) and 163a (verso), ill., calls the verso "Group of Figures Related to Scene of Urban Crowd".
Gianfranco Bruno. L'Opera completa di Boccioni. Milan, 1969, p. 98, nos. 115b (verso) and 155c (recto), ill.
Zeno Birolli, ed. Umberto Boccioni: Gli scritti editi e inediti. Milan, 1971, p. 470, ill. p. 98 (verso).
Linda Shearer and Marianne W. Martin. Futurism: A Modern Focus. The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection. Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Malbin. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1973, p. 220, no. 193, ill. (recto), call the recto "Two Composition Sketches for 'The City Rises' and Two for a Scene of an Urban Crowd" and call the verso "Group of Figures Related to Scene of Urban Crowd".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 219, appendix nos. 312 (recto), 313 (verso), ill. n.p.
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 396, nos. 720 (recto), 721 (verso), ill.
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 1, p. 421 (recto); vol. 2, p. 265, no. 230, ill. p. 214 (recto), vol. 1, call the recto "Quattro studi per quelli che vanno";.
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 99, 104, no. 51K and L, ill. p. 103 (recto and verso).
Marco Rosci. "Genesi e mutazioni degli 'Stati d'animo' di Umberto Boccioni." Prospettiva no. 57–60 (April 1989–October 1990), p. 453.
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 432, no. 652, ill. (recto), no. 653, ill. (verso).
Stephen C. P. Gardner. Gateways to Drawing: A Complete Guide. London, 2018, p. 37, fig. 2.10 (color, recto).
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1909–10
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