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Title:The Artist's Mother Crocheting
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1907
Medium:Etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions:22 1/4 × 17 1/16 in. (56.5 × 43.3 cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.34
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): UBoccioni; inscribed (upper left on verso, in graphite): F/6 Mia madre che lavora
the artist (1907–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. 101 (as "Boccioni's Mother Crocheting").
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. 299 (as "Boccioni's Mother Crocheting").
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 299.
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. 299.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 3.
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. 63 (as "Boccioni's Mother Crocheting").
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. 63.
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. 63.
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. 63.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 181).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 90 (lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni and Women," June 19–October 18, 1998, no catalogue.
Antony de Witt. "Umberto Boccioni Incisore." Dedalo 13 (February 1933), p. 125, ill. p. 119 (not this edition; collection Baer, Milan), calls it "La Madre che lavora".
Lamberto Vitali. L'Incisione italiana moderna. Milan, 1934, p. 42, calls it "Ritratto della madre che lavora".
Giulio Carlo Argan with Maurizio Calvesi. Umberto Boccioni. Rome, 1953, p. 30 (not this edition; collection Procida, Rome), call it "La madre al lavoro".
Hilton Kramer. "Futurism Today." Arts Magazine 36 (October 1961), ill. p. 26.
Joshua C. Taylor. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, unpaginated, no. 299, ill.
Theodore M. Brown. "Futurist Boccioni's Works On View at Speed Museum." Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky) (November 4, 1962), section 6, p. 9.
"Modern Church Architecture and Umberto Boccioni: His Graphic Art." Art International 6 (February 1962), ill. p. 51.
Maurizio Calvesi. "Il Manifesto del futurismo e i pittori futuristi." L'Arte moderna 5, no. 37 (1967), ill. p. 27 (color, image reversed; not this edition; collection Stampe Bertarelli, Milan), calls it "La madre che lavora a maglia".
Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del divisionismo. Rome, 1968, vol. 2, p. 184, no. 2226, pl. 466, calls it "La Madre che lavora a maglia" or "La madre che cuce".
Gianfranco Bruno. L'Opera completa di Boccioni. Milan, 1969, p. 89, no. 31b, ill.
Paolo Bellini. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. Milan, 1972, pp. 45, 84, no. 14, ill. p. 44 (color; collection G. Visconti di Modrone, Milan), calls it "La madre che lavora a maglia".
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. 228, no. 232, ill., call it "Boccioni's Mother Crocheting".
Piero Quaglino et al. Boccioni e il suo tempo. Exh. cat., Palazzo Reale. Milan, 1973, p. 81, no. 62, ill. (not this edition; private collection), call it "La madre che lavora a maglia".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 211, appendix no. 64, ill. n.p. (not this edition; collection Bertarelli), calls it "La madre che lavora a maglia".
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 222, no. 275, ill., call it "La madre con l'uncinetto".
Ester Coen inBoccioni prefuturista. Exh. cat., Museo Nazionale, Reggio Calabria. Milan, 1983, p. 113, no. 140, ill. (not this edition; private collection), calls it "La madre con l'uncinetto".
Guido Ballo. Le origini romagnole di Boccioni e la scultura-omaggio di Arnaldo Pomodoro. Milan, 1984, p. 115, no. 13, ill. p. 37 (not this edition; collection Stampe Bertarelli, Milan), calls it "La madre che lavora a maglia".
Ester Coen et al. Boccioni a Venezia. Exh. cat., Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona. Milan, 1985, p. 168, no. 48, ill. p. 61 (not this edition; collection Dr. Fabio Castelli), calls it "La madre con l'uncinetto".
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 2, p. 274, no. 424, ill. p. 251, call it "La madre che cuce".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 219–21, no. 90, ill.
Aurora Scotti inBoccioni 1912 Materia. Exh. cat., Galleria dello Scudo, Verona. Milan, 1991, ill. p. 123 (not this edition; private collection), calls it "La madre con l'uncinetto".
Grace Glueck. "On a Trip Back to Futurism, Women and Settings Merge." New York Times (July 3, 1998), p. E34.
Peter Nagy. "Art Review: 'Boccioni and Women'." Time Out New York (August 13–20, 1998) [p. ?].
Enrichetta Salerno in Giorgio Ceraudo. La raccolta dei dipinti di Palazzo Arnone. Exh. cat., Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza. Soveria Mannelli, 1999, pp. 145–46, ill. (not this edition).
Federica Rovati. "La Mostra su Boccioni del 1933." Acme: Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell'Università degli Studi di Milano 54 (September–December 2001), pp. 311, 321.
Nella Mari inUmberto Boccioni: Disegni e incisioni della Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza. Exh. cat., Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza. Milan, 2003, p. 52, no. 4, ill. p. 53 and front cover (color detail) (not this edition), calls it "La madre con l'uncinetto".
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. 61–63, 195, no. 14, ill., calls it "La madre che lavora all'uncinetto".
Franco Tagliapietra inLuigi Russolo: Vita e opere di un futurista. Exh. cat., Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto. Milan, 2006, pp. 21–22, ill. (image reversed; not this edition; collection Stampe "Achille Bertarelli," Milan), calls it "La madre che lavora ad uncinetto".
Cristina Sonderegger inOmaggio a Umberto Boccioni. Ed. Bruno Corà, Tonino Sicoli, and Cristina Sonderegger. Exh. cat., Museo d'Arte, Lugano. Milan, 2009, pp. 16, 18–19, no. 22, ill. p. 75 (color; not this edition; collection Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Calabria).
Tonino Sicoli inOmaggio a Umberto Boccioni. Ed. Bruno Corà, Tonino Sicoli, and Cristina Sonderegger. Exh. cat., Museo d'Arte, Lugano. Milan, 2009, pp. 44–45.
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 325, no. 373, ill., calls it "La madre con l'uncinetto".
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1912
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