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Title:Study of a Man's Forearm (recto); Study of Extended Arms with Hands Clasped (verso)
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:ca. 1908
Medium:Graphite on paper
Dimensions:8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (22.5 × 29.5 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Object Number:1990.38.9ab
Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): Umberto Boccioni
the artist (until d. 1916); his sister, Amelia Raffaella Boccioni Callegari, Verona (1916–58; sold in 1958 to Winston); Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Mich. (1958–his d. 1966); Lydia Winston Malbin, Detroit and New York (1966–d. 1989; her bequest to MMA)
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. 27 (as "Study of Man's Forearm," ca. 1907) [recto only exhibited].
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 27.
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. 27.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 9 (dated ca. 1907).
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. 8 (as "Study of Man's Forearm," ca. 1907).
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. 8.
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. 8.
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. 8.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 20).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 46A and B (lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York) [recto and verso exhibited].
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Evocative Fragments," February 14–June 14, 1998, no catalogue [recto only exhibited].
Joshua C. Taylor. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, unpaginated, no. 27, ill. (recto).
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 210, appendix no. 49, ill. n.p. (recto), dates it 1907.
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 328, nos. 507 (recto), 508 (verso), ill.
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1958 and 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 1, p. 418; vol. 2, p. 261, no. 165, ill. p. 203 (recto), vol. 1, calls it "Studio di braccio"; vol. 2, calls it "Braccio" (recto) and "Studio di mani" (verso).
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 86–87, no. 46A and B, ill.
Linda Yablonsky. "Heads and Shoulders: The Met Exhumes Bodily 'Fragments'." Time Out, New York (April 23–30, 1998), p. 49.
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 519, no. 990, ill. (recto); p. 520, no. 991, ill. (verso), dates it 1903–6.
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1912
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