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Title:The Artist's Mother Sewing
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1910
Medium:Etching, printed in brown ink
Dimensions:21 15/16 × 16 7/8 in. (55.7 × 42.9 cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.40
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): U Boccioni; inscribed (upper left corner on verso, in pen and blue ink): 20 / Mia madre che lavora (piccolo)
the artist (1910–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: Drawings and Prints from the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston Collection," March 14–April 27, 1958, no. 108 (as "Boccioni's Mother Sewing," ca. 1909–10).
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. 316 (as "Boccioni's Mother Sewing," ca. 1910).
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 316.
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. 316.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 32.
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. 73 (as "Boccioni's Mother Sewing," ca. 1910).
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. 73.
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. 73.
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. 73.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 97 (lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni and Women," June 19–October 18, 1998, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," April 12–July 18, 2016, no catalogue.
Giulio Carlo Argan with Maurizio Calvesi. Umberto Boccioni. Rome, 1953, p. 36, call it "La madre al lavoro".
Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del divisionismo. Rome, 1968, vol. 2, p. 194, no. 2397, pl. 498.
Anna Maria Damigella. "Modernismo, simbolismo, divisionismo, arte sociale a Roma dal 1900 al 1911." Aspetti dell'arte a Roma dal 1870 al 1914. Rome, 1972, p. 71, no. 434.
Paolo Bellini. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. Milan, 1972, pp. 73, 85, no. 28, ill. p. 72 (color; not this edition; collection G. Visconti di Modrone, Milan), calls it "Madre che cuce".
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. 240, call it "Boccioni's Mother Sewing" and date it about 1910.
Maurizio Calvesi. Umberto Boccioni: Incisioni e disegni. Florence, 1973, unpaginated, colorpl. 17 (not this edition).
Piero Quaglino et al. Boccioni e il suo tempo. Exh. cat., Palazzo Reale. Milan, 1973, p. 83, no. 73, ill. (not this edition), call it "Madre che cuce".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 218, appendix no. 281, ill. n.p. (not this edition), calls it "Madre che cuce".
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 356, no. 620, ill., call it "La madre che cuce".
Ester Coen inBoccioni prefuturista. Exh. cat., Museo Nazionale, Reggio Calabria. Milan, 1983, p. 150, no. 192, ill. (not this edition; collection Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome), calls it "La madre che cuce".
Guido Ballo. Le origini romagnole di Boccioni e la scultura-omaggio di Arnaldo Pomodoro. Milan, 1984, p. 115, no. 14, ill. p. 37 (not this edition; collection Stampe Bertarelli, Milan), calls it "Madre che cuce".
Ester Coen et al. Boccioni a Venezia. Exh. cat., Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona. Milan, 1985, p. 172, no. 68, ill. p. 70 (not this edition; private collection), call it "La madre che cuce" and date it 1909–10.
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 2, p. 274, no. 411, ill. p. 249, call it "La madre che cuce".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 208, 220, no. 97, ill. p. 224.
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. 18, 92–93, 197–98, 202, no. 28, variant A, figs. 114–15 (overall and detail), calls it "Madre che cuce".
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 331, no. 392, ill., calls it "La madre che cuce".
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1909–10
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