ITALIAN FUTURISM

1909-1944: Reconstructing the universe






Giacomo Balla
The Hand of the Violinist (The Rhythms of the Bow) (La mano del violinista [I ritmi dell’archetto]), 1912
Oil on canvas, 56 x 78.3 cm
Estorick Collection, London
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome










Giacomo Balla
Abstract Speed + Sound (Velocità astratta + rumore), 1913–14
Oil on unvarnished millboard in artist’s painted frame, 54.5 x 76.5 cm
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 76.2553.31
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
Photo: Courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York










Benedetta (Cappa Marinetti)
Synthesis of Aerial Communications (Sintesi delle comunicazioni aeree), 1933–34
Tempera and encaustic on canvas, 324.5 x 199 cm
Il Palazzo delle Poste di Palermo, Sicily, Poste Italiane
© Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, used by permission of Vittoria Marinetti and Luce Marinetti’s heirs
Photo: AGR/Riccardi/Paoloni










Francesco Cangiullo
Large Crowd in the Piazza del Popolo (Grande folla in Piazza del Popolo), 1914
Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper, 58 x 74 cm
Private collection
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome










Carlo Carrà
Interventionist Demonstration (Manifestazione Interventista), 1914
Tempera, pen, mica powder, paper glued on cardboard, 38.5 x 30 cm
Gianni Mattioli Collection, on long-term loan to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
Photo: Courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York










Tullio Crali
Before the Parachute Opens (Prima che si apra il paracadute), 1939
Oil on panel, 141 x 151 cm
Casa Cavazzini, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Udine, Italy
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome
Photo: Claudio Marcon, Udine, Civici Musei e Gallerie di Storia e Arte










Fortunato Depero
Little Black and White Devils, Dance of Devils(Diavoletti neri e bianchi, Danza di diavoli), 1922–23
Pieced wool on cotton backing, 184 x 181 cm
MART, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
Photo: © MART, Archivio fotografico











Umberto Boccioni
Elasticity (Elasticità), 1912
Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Museo del Novecento, Milan
© Museo del Novecento, Comune di Milano (all legal rights reserved)
Photo: Luca Carrà










Ivo Pannaggi
Speeding Train (Treno in corsa), 1922
Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
Fondazione Carima–Museo Palazzo Ricci, Macerata, Italy
Photo: Courtesy Fondazione Cassa di risparmio della Provincia di Macerata










Enrico Prampolini and Maria Ricotti, with cover by Enrico Prampolini
Program for the Theater of Futurist Pantomime (Théâtre de la Pantomine Futuriste)
Illustrated leaflet (Paris: M. et J. De Brunn, 1927), 27.5 x 22.7 cm
Fonds Alberto Sartoris, Archives de la Construction Moderne–Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
By permission of heirs of the artist
Photo: Jean-Daniel Chavan




Italian Futurism. 1909-1944: reconstructing the universe. 2014

All works by the noted artists

All images courtesy of the Guggenheim Foundation
Exhibition is organized by Vivien Greene, Senior Curator
19th- and Early 20th-Century Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. 
Assistant Curator Susan Thompson
Support is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the David Berg Foundation, with additional funding from the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, The Robert Lehman Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
The Leadership Committee for Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe is also gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, including the Hansjörg Wyss Charitable Endowment; Stefano and Carole Acunto; Giancarla and Luciano Berti; Ginevra Caltagirone; Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Archive; Daniela Memmo d’Amelio; Achim Moeller, Moeller Fine Art; Pellegrini Legacy Trust; and Alberto and Gioietta Vitale.
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Public programs are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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