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Title:States of Mind: The Farewells (recto); Study for Female Figure (Ines) (verso)
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1911
Medium:Graphite on paper (recto) ; graphite on paper (verso)
Dimensions:19 5/16 × 24 3/16 in. (49.1 × 61.4 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.22a,b
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): UB; signed and dated (verso, left, in graphite): 1911 / UB
the artist (1911–d. 1916); his sister, Amelia Raffaella Boccioni Callegari, Verona (1916–58; sold in 1958 to Winston); Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Mich. (1958–his d. 1966); Lydia Winston Malbin, Detroit and New York (1966–d. 1989; her bequest to MMA)
Milan. Palazzo Reale. "Arte Italiana del XX Secolo da Collezioni Americane," April 30–June 26, 1960, no. 29 (lent by Sig. e Sig.ra Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Michigan).
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. "Arte Italiana del XX Secolo da Collezioni Americane," July 16–September 18, 1960, no. 29.
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. 193 (as "Study for 'States of Mind: The Farewells'") [recto only exhibited].
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 193.
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. 193.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 61.
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.
London. Arts Council Gallery. "Umberto Boccioni 1882–1916: An Arts Council Exhibition of His Graphic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston of Birmingham, Michigan," September 19–October 17, 1964, no. 48 (as "Study for 'States of Mind: The Farewells'").
City Art Gallery, Manchester. "Umberto Boccioni 1882–1916: An Arts Council Exhibition of His Graphic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston of Birmingham, Michigan," October 31–November 21, 1964, no. 48.
City Art Gallery, Leeds. "Umberto Boccioni 1882–1916: An Arts Council Exhibition of His Graphic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston of Birmingham, Michigan," November 28–December 19, 1964, no. 48.
Art Gallery, Aberdeen. "Umberto Boccioni 1882–1916: An Arts Council Exhibition of His Graphic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston of Birmingham, Michigan," January 2–23, 1965, no. 48.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 157).
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Futurism and the International Avant-Garde," October 26, 1980–January 4, 1981, no. 30 (verso: as "Study for "Woman Surrounded by Houses [Ines]," lent by The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection [Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Malbin, New York]).
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "The Futurist Imagination: Word + Image in Italian Futurist Painting, Drawing, Collage and Free-Word Poetry," April 13–June 26, 1983, no. 25 (as "Study for 'States of Mind: Farewells'," lent by the Winston-Malbin Collection, Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Malbin, New York, on extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art, New York).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 56D (as "Study for 'States of Mind: The Farewells'," lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York) [recto only exhibited].
Giulio Carlo Argan with Maurizio Calvesi. Umberto Boccioni. Rome, 1953, p. 36 (verso), calls it "Ines (disegno a matita)".
Joshua C. Taylor. Futurism. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, p. 143, no. 36, calls the recto "Study for 'States of Mind: The Farewells'" and the verso a preliminary drawing for "La Donna tra case".
Joshua C. Taylor. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, unpaginated, no. 184 (verso), ill., no. 193 (recto), ill. (reproduced sideways), calls the verso "Ines; Study for 'Woman Surrounded by Houses')".
"The Theorist of the Futurist Movement." Times (London) (September 19, 1964), p. 12.
Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del divisionismo. Rome, 1968, vol. 2, p. 199, no. 2475, pl. 511 (recto), calls it "Gli stati d'animo: Gli addii (studio)".
Gianfranco Bruno. L'Opera completa di Boccioni. Milan, 1969, pp. 102–5, nos. 133b (verso), 139b (recto), ill. (recto and 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. 222, no. 205, ill. p. 223 (recto), identify the study for "States of Mind: The Farewells" as the verso; identify the recto as "Sketch for 'Study of Women Amid Houses—Ines'".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, pp. 222–23, appendix no. 397 (verso), no. 433 (recto), ill. n.p. (recto and verso), calls the recto "Studio per Stati d'animo: 1o Gli Addii" and the verso "Studio per Ines".
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 390, no. 714, ill. (verso); p. 400, no. 726, ill. (recto)
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Bernard de Grunne inThe Futurist Imagination: Word + Image in Italian Futurist Painting, Drawing, Collage and Free-Word Poetry. Ed. Anne Coffin Hanson. Exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery. [New Haven], 1983, p. 45, ill. p. 42 (recto).
Anne Coffin Hanson, ed. The Futurist Imagination: Word + Image in Italian Futurist Painting, Drawing, Collage and Free-Word Poetry. Exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery. [New Haven], 1983, pp. 85–86, no. 25, calls the verso "Ines: Study for Woman Surrounded by Houses".
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 1, p. 421; vol. 2, p. 266, no. 250, ill. p. 219 (recto), vol. 1, call it "Gli adiii"; retro "Ines"; vol. 2, call the recto "Studio per gli stati d'animo n. 1. Gli addii".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 116, 125, no. 56D, ill. p. 126 (recto).
Antonello Negri inBoccioni 1912 Materia. Exh. cat., Galleria dello Scudo, Verona. Milan, 1991, ill. p. 31 (recto).
Livia Velani inOn Dynamism: Works by Umberto Boccioni from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Civiche Raccolte d'Arte del Castello Sforzesco, Milano. Ed. Giovanna Bonasegale. Exh. cat., Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Rome, 1999, p. 72, ill. (recto), calls the recto "Studio per 'Stati d'animo: Gli Adii' I".
Maurizio Calvesi in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 127, ill. (recto and verso).
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 433, no. 656, ill. (recto); p. 440, no. 684, ill. (verso), calls the recto "Studio per Gli addii" and the verso "Studio per Figura femminile".
Rosalind McKever. "A Continuous Line in Boccioni Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York." Burlington Magazine 162 (March 2020), pp. 219–22, figs. 6 (color, verso), 8 (color, recto), calls the recto "Study for 'States of Mind: The Farewells'" and the verso "Study for 'Female Figure'".
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1913, cast 1950
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