Full Speed Ahead (AVANTI AVANTI A TUTTO VAPORE)

1924

Giacomo Balla

Artist, Italian, 1871 - 1958

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink, colored pencil and graphite on a telegraph form

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.8 x 21.8 cm (12 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.55.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Nissman, Abromson Ltd. Brookline, MA); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

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

Inscriptions

by artist, from lower center to upper right, in pen and brown ink, 4 / AVANTI AVANTI A TUTTO VAPORE / ottober 1924 / 1924; by artist, lower right, in pen and brown ink, SEGNI IN LIBERTA'l signed by artist, lower left, in pen and brown ink, BALLA / FUTURISTA; by artist[?], lower right, in pen and black ink, 1935 / Archiviato con il No 450 -- Casa del Fascio di Ferrara

Markings

Casa del Fascio stamp, lower right, in purple ink

Wikidata ID

Q64572203

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