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Title:Study for "The Dream – Paolo and Francesca"
Artist:Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date:1910
Medium:Graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, and wash on paper
Dimensions:9 1/8 x 18 3/8 in. (23.2 x 46.7 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Accession Number:1990.38.15
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Boccioni
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. 69 (as "Study for the painting 'Mourning'," ca. 1910).
Milan. Palazzo Reale. "Arte Italiana del XX Secolo da Collezioni Americane," April 30–June 26, 1960, no. 26 (as "Studio per Lutto," lent by Sig. e Sig.ra Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Michigan).
Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. "Arte Italiana del XX Secolo da Collezioni Americane," July 16–September 18, 1960, no. 26.
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. 167 (as "Study for 'Mourning'").
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings and Etchings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston," October 18–December 19, 1961, no. 167.
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. 167.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Umberto Boccioni: Tekenigen en grafiek van Umberto Boccioni uit de collectie Harry Lewis Winston," April 19–May 28, 1962, no. 48.
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," June 13–August 9, 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. 35 (as "Study for 'Mourning'").
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. 35.
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. 35.
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. 35.
Cambridge, Mass. Fogg Art Museum. "Drawings Related to the Art Nouveau," May 6–June 7, 1966, no. 4 (as "Study for 'Mourning'," lent by Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Michigan).
Ackland Art Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Drawings Related to the Art Nouveau," June 29–July 31, 1966, no. 4.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Boccioni Drawings from the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection," April 26–May 28, 1967, no catalogue (checklist no. 137).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: A Retrospective," September 15, 1988–January 8, 1989, no. 48B (as "Study for 'Mourning'," lent by Lydia Winston Malbin, New York).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni and Women," June 19–October 18, 1998, no catalogue.
Joshua C. Taylor. Futurism. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1961, p. 142, ill. p. 38, calls it "Study for 'Mourning'".
Raffaele De Grada. Boccioni, il mito del moderno. Milan, 1962, p. 172, no. 57, ill., calls it "Studio per Il Lutto".
Theodore M. Brown. "Futurist Boccioni's Works On View at Speed Museum." Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky) (November 4, 1962), p. 9 [probably this picture], calls it "Mourning" and notes its "melodramatic expressionism".
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. 220, no. 195, ill., call it "Study for 'Mourning'".
Guido Ballo. Boccioni, la vita e l'opera. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1964). Milan, 1982, p. 220, appendix no. 356, ill. n.p., calls it "Studio per il Lutto".
Maurizio Calvesi and Ester Coen. Boccioni: L'opera completa. Milan, 1983, p. 366, no. 651, erroneously locate it in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori, ed. Archivi del futurismo. 2nd ed. (1st ed., 1962). Rome, 1986, vol. 1, pp. 416–17; vol. 2, p. 262, no. 190, ill. p. 207, call it "Studio per il Lutto".
Ester Coen. Umberto Boccioni. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1988, pp. 90–91, no. 48B, ill.
Maurizio Calvesi in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, ill. p. 112.
Alberto Dambruoso in Maurizio Calvesi and Alberto Dambruoso. Umberto Boccioni: Catalogo Generale delle Opere. Turin, 2016, p. 423, no. 626, ill., calls it "Studio per 'Il lutto'".
Rosalind McKever. "A Continuous Line in Boccioni Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York." Burlington Magazine 162 (March 2020), pp. 219, 221–22, 224 nn. 21, 25, fig. 12 (color).
Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
1910
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