Artist:
Giacomo Balla
Artwork:
Mercurio Che Passa Davanti Al Sole (Mercury Passing In Front Of The Sun)
Size:
24.5 x 18.3 cm
Medium:
Pastel on primed paper
Creation year:
1914
Marks:
Signed 'BALLA' lower left
Category:
Drawings
Provenance:
Galleria Apollinaire, Milan; Guido Le Noci Collection, Milan (acquired in 1951); Studio Casoli, Milan (acquired from the previous in 1978); Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen GmbH, Munich, 2 December 1997, lot 378; Private Collection; Acquired from the previous by the present owner in 2003
Exhibition history:
Rome, Villa Medici, Casa Balla e il futurismo a Roma, 1 October - 30 November 1989, p. 188, no. B/14 (illustrated); Zwolle, Museum de Fundatie; Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Gevaar & Schoonheid; Turner en de traditie van het sublieme, 5 September 2015 - 3 January 2016, no. 52, p. 63 (illustrated)