Graphic Rhythm with Airplane (Homage to Blériot)

1914

Carlo Carrà

Artist, Italian, 1881 - 1966

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink with graphite and collage on graph paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.5 x 27.7 cm (15 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.62.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's son, Massimo Carrà, Milan; Maître René-Jean Ullmann, Paris; private collection, Paris; (Rachel Adler Fine Art, New York) to Merrill C. Berman, New York, 1997; NGA purchase (via Ubu Gallery, New York), 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Carlo Carrà. Galleria civica d'arte moderna, Ferrara, 1977, no. 93.

1986

  • Futurismo & Futurismi. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1986, p. 164-165.

1990

  • Art & Publicité 1890-1990. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990-1991, repro. p. 197.

2004

  • Avant-Gardes: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection. Ubu Gallery, New York, 2004, p. 54-55.

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 March 2007 - 29 July 2007.

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Bibliography

1977

  • Russoli, Franco and Massimo Carrà. Carrà Disegni. Bologna, 1977: no. 102, repro. 161.

1978

  • Carrà, Massimo. Carlo Carrà, Tutti gli scritti. Milan, 1978: repro. 33.

2003

  • Fergonzi, Flavio. The Mattioli Collection: Masterpieces of the Italian Avant-garde. (Lewis Kachur entry on Carlo Carrà, "Interventionist Demonstration..."). Milan and New York, 2003: 210, fig. 8h.

Wikidata ID

Q64538063

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