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Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

Giacomo Balla, Italian, b. Turin, 1871–1958

Provenance

Estate of the artist, Rome
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome, to 25 June 1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 June 1968-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Exhibition History

GALLERIA DELL'OBELISCO, Rome. "Balla sculpture: 1913-15," May-June 1968, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 249.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.

Published References

[ADVERTISEMENT (Galleria dell'Obelisco). Art International 2/6 (Summer 1968), ill.]
GALLERIA DELL'OBELISCO. Balla 1871-1958: tutte le sculture (Rome, 1971), no. 1, ill.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 661, ill.
LERNER, ABRAM. An Introduction to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), no. 38.
HANHISALO, JUDITH EVANS. Enjoying Art (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983), no. 95, p. 140.
LE NORMAND-ROMAIN, ANTOINETTE, et al. Sculpture (New York: Skira/ Rizzoli, 1986), ill.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Date

(1916-1917/reconstructed 1956-1958/cast 1968)

Accession Number

72.19

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Brass and paint

Dimensions

33 x 31 1/2 x 13 in. (83.8 x 80 x 33 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Futurism

On View

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py231a81db3-8994-426f-90b9-09d890be3acb

Record ID

hmsg_72.19

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