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Title:Study for "Fusion of a Head and a Window"
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1912
Medium:Pen and brown ink on printed paper
Dimensions:5 11/16 × 4 3/8 in. (14.4 × 11.1 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.26
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in black ink): Boccioni
the artist (1912–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: An Exhibition of Drawings and Prints from the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston Collection," March 14–April 27, 1958, no. 81 (as "Study for the sculpture 'Fusion of Head and Window'," ca. 1911–12).
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 66.
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. 55 (as "Study for the sculpture 'Head + Light + Window'").
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. 55.
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. 55.
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. 55.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 170).
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Futurism and the International Avant-Garde," October 26, 1980–January 4, 1981, no. 43 (as "Study for the Sculpture 'Fusion of a Head and Window'," 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. 61A (lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: The Lydia Winston Malbin Bequest," June 15, 1990–January 15, 1991, no catalogue.
Rome. Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. "On Dynamism: Works by Umberto Boccioni from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Civiche Raccolte d'Arte del Castello Sforzesco, Milano," December 14, 1999–March 20, 2000, no. 3.
Milan. Palazzo Reale. "Boccioni: Pittore, scultore, futurista," October 6, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 10 (as "Voglio dare la fusione di una testa con il suo ambiente").
Palazzo Reale, Milan. "Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916). Genio e Memoria," March 23–July 10, 2016, no. 166.
Joshua C. Taylor. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, unpaginated, no. 224, ill., calls it "Study for the Sculpture 'Head + Light + Window'"
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Gianfranco Bruno. L'Opera completa di Boccioni. Milan, 1969, p. 108, no. 150d, ill., lists erroneous dimensions and collection (Bertarelli, Milan).
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. 224, no. 220, call it "Study for the Sculpture 'Fusion of a Head and a Window'".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 224, appendix no. 473, ill. n.p., lists erroneous dimensions and collection (Bertarelli, Milan).
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 428, no. 766, ill., call it "Studio".
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 2, p. 270, no. 319, ill. p. 230, call it "Testa + luce".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 140–42, no. 61A, ill.
Leonardo Capano inBoccioni 1912 Materia. Exh. cat., Galleria dello Scudo, Verona. Milan, 1991, p. 206, ill.
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, pp. 58–59, no. 3, ill.
Laura Mattioli Rossi inBoccioni's Materia: A Futurist Masterpiece and the Avant-Garde in Milan and Paris. Ed. Laura Mattioli Rossi. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 2004, p. 41, fig. 35.
Laura Mattioli Rossi inBoccioni: pittore, scultore, futurista. Ed. Laura Mattioli Rossi. Exh. cat., Palazzo Reale. Milan, 2006, pp. 28, 183, no. 10, fig. 14 (color).
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 343, no. 436, ill.
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1912
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