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Title:Male Cadaver (The Drowned Man)
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1909
Medium:Etching
Dimensions:14 5/8 × 19 5/8 in. (37.1 × 49.8 cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.38
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): U.Boccioni [underlined]
the artist (1909–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)
Milan. Galleria Centrale d'Arte. "Grande Esposizione Boccioni: Pittore e Scultore Futurista," December 28, 1916–January 14, 1917, no. 339 (as "Annegato") [this edition?].
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. 104 (as "Male Cadaver," ca. 1909).
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. 308 (dated 1909–10).
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 308.
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. 308.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 25 (dated 1909–10).
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. 69 (dated 1909–10).
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. 69.
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. 69.
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. 69.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 190).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 95 (as "Male Cadaver: 'The Drowned Man'," lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
Gianfranco Bruno. L'Opera completa di Boccioni. Milan, 1969, pp. 88–90, no. 35b, ill., calls it "Nudo sdriato (l'annegato)" and dates it 1907.
Anna M. Damigella in "Modernismo, simbolismo, divisionismo, arte sociale a Roma dal 1900 al 1911." Aspetti dell'arte a Roma dal 1870 al 1914. Rome, 1972, p. 70, no. 429, ill. n.p. (not this edition; collection Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome), calls it "L'Annegato".
Paolo Bellini. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. Milan, 1972, pp. 43, 84, no. 13, ill. p. 42 (color; not this edition; collection G. Visconti di Modrone, Milan), calls it "L'annegato" and dates it 1907.
Maurizio Calvesi. Umberto Boccioni: Incisioni e disegni. Florence, 1973, pp. 15–16, unpaginated description of plates, colorpl. 7 (not this edition; collection Visconti di Modrone), calls it "L'annegato" and dates it 1908–9.
Piero Quaglino et al. Boccioni e il suo tempo. Exh. cat., Palazzo Reale. Milan, 1973, p. 80, no. 56, ill. (image reversed; not this edition), call it "L'annegato" and date it 1907.
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 211, appendix no. 61, ill. n.p. (not this edition; collection Bertarelli, Milan), calls it "L'annegato" and dates it 1907.
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 301, no. 452, ill., call it "L'annegato".
Ester Coen inBoccioni prefuturista. Exh. cat., Museo Nazionale, Reggio Calabria. Milan, 1983, p. 143, no. 180, ill. (not this edition; collection Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome), calls it "L'annegato".
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 2, p. 274, no. 427, ill. p. 251, call it "Cadavere".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, p. 220, no. 95, ill. p. 223.
Luigi Tallarico. Boccioni dal Meridione all'Europa: Racconto critico. Ferrara, 1997, p. 48, ill. (image reversed; not this edition; collection Selvaggi).
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. 98–100, 198, no. 31, variant B, ill., dates it 1910.
Cristina Sonderegger inOmaggio a Umberto Boccioni. Ed. Bruno Corà, Tonino Sicoli, and Cristina Sonderegger. Exh. cat., Museo d'Arte, Lugano. Milan, 2009, pp. 18–19, no. 111, ill. p. 173 (color; not this edition; collection Stampe Achille Bertarelli, Milan), dates it 1910.
Guido Bartorelli. "Il futurista pensa al passato: uno specchietto storico negli scritti di Boccioni e il posto che vi occupa Rembrandt. Breve traccia." Contemporanea: Scritti di storia dell'arte per Jolanda Nigro Covre. Ed. Ilaria Schiaffini and Claudio Zambianchi. Rome, 2013, p. 151.
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 544, no. 1135, ill., calls it "L'annegato".
Francesca Rossi inUmberto Boccioni (1882-1916). Genio e Memoria. Ed. Francesca Rossi. Exh. cat., Palazzo Reale. Milan, 2016, pp. 64–65, 297, no. 42, ill. p. 87 (color; not this edition; collection Stampe "Achille Bertarelli", Milan).
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1913, cast 1950
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