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Title:States of Mind: Those Who Go
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1912
Medium:Brush and black ink over graphite on paper
Dimensions:12 1/2 in. × 17 in. (31.8 × 43.2 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.27
Herwarth Walden, Berlin (1912–d. 1941); his widow, Nell Walden, Berlin (1941–54; her sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, November 25, 1954, no. 901, sold to Siegfried Rosengart, Lucerne, for Winston); Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Mich. (1954–his d. 1966); Lydia Winston Malbin, Detroit and New York (1966–d. 1989; her bequest to MMA)
Kunstmuseum Bern. "Der Sturm: Sammlung Nell Walden aus den Jahren 1912–1920," October 1944–March 1945, no. 239 (as "Die Abfahrenden").
Kunsthaus Zürich. "Sammlungen Nell Walden und Dr. Othmar Huber: Expressionisten, Kubisten, Futuristen," May 19–June 17, 1945, extended to June 24, 1945, no. 14 (as "Die Abfahrenden").
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Winston," October 30–November 27, 1955, no. 8 (as "Study for 'States of Mind, II: Those Who Go'," 1911).
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Collecting Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," September 27–November 3, 1957, no. 17 (as "Study for States of Mind, II: Those Who Go," 1911).
Richmond. Virginia Museum of Art. "Collecting Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," December 13, 1957–January 5, 1958, no. 17.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Collecting Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," January 23–March 13, 1958, no. 17.
Milwaukee Art Institute. "Collecting Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," April 11–May 12, 1958, no. 17.
Minneapolis. Walker Art Center. "Collecting Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," June 15–August 3, 1958, no. 17.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Futurism," May 31–September 5, 1961, no. 44 (as "Drawing after 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'," lent by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Michigan).
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Futurism," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 44.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Futurism," January 14–February 19, 1962, no. 44.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 62.
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. 49 (as "Drawing of 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'").
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. 49.
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. 49.
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. 49.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 158).
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. 26 (as "Study after 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'," 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. 56I (as "Drawing After 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'," lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
Barcelona. Museu Picasso. "Futurismo, 1909–1916," May 8–July 21, 1996, no. 51 (as "Estados de ánimo: Los que se van").
Jewish Museum, New York. "Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890–1918," November 14, 1999–April 23, 2000, unnumbered cat. (fig. 63; as "Drawing After 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Street," March 5–May 27, 2013, no catalogue.
Der Sturm 3 (May 1912), ill. p. 29.
Der Sturm 7, no. 6 (September 1916), ill. p. 65.
Nell Walden and Lothar Schreyer, ed. Der Sturm: Ein Erinnerungsbuch an Herwath Walden und die Künstler aus dem Sturmkreis. Baden-Baden, 1954, ill. p. 106, date it 1916.
Joshua C. Taylor. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, unpaginated, no. 201, ill., calls it "Drawing of 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'".
Gianfranco Bruno. L'Opera completa di Boccioni. Milan, 1969, p. 106, no. 143b, ill. p. 105.
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, pp. 222–23, no. 209, ill., call it "Drawing after 'States of Mind: Those Who Go'".
Elda Fezzi. Umberto Boccioni. Milan, 1973, p. 22, colorpl. 16, calls it "Stati d'Animo".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 223, appendix no. 449, ill. n.p., calls it "Studio per Stati d'animo: 2o Quelli che vanno" and dates it 1911.
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 405, no. 736, ill., call it "Disegni da Quelli che vanno".
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. 43.
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, p. 86, no. 26.
Guido Ballo. Le origini romagnole di Boccioni e la scultura-omaggio di Arnaldo Pomodoro. Milan, 1984, p. 117, no. 61, ill. p. 77, calls it "Studio per Stati d'animo: II. Quelli che vanno," dates it 1911, and locates it in a private collection.
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 1, p. 407; vol. 2, p. 265, no. 241, ill. p. 217, call it "Studio per gli stati d'animo n. 2".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 117–18, 120–22, 125, 129, no. 56I, ill.
Marco Rosci. "Genesi e mutazioni degli 'Stati d'animo' di Umberto Boccioni." Prospettiva no. 57–60 (April 1989–October 1990), p. 454.
Luigi Tallarico. Boccioni dal Meridione all'Europa: Racconto critico. Ferrara, 1997, ill. pp. 71, 75.
Sigrid Bauschinger in Emily D. Bilski. Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890–1918. Exh. cat., Jewish Museum, New York. Berkeley, 1999, p. 69, fig. 63.
Paolo Bellini. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni, degli ex libris, dei manifesti e delle illustrazioni. Exh. cat., Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Piacenza. Milan, 2004, pp. 112-13.
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 437, no. 673, ill., calls it "Disegno da Quelli che vanno".
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1909–10
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