Woman Reading [Donna che legge]

1910

Umberto Boccioni

Artist, Italian, 1882 - 1916

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 49.5 × 34.5 cm (19 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)
    plate: 15 × 8.5 cm (5 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.30.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bellini 2004, no. 29 [proof]


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

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

Bibliography

1972

  • Bellini, Paolo. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. (Milan, 1972): no: 26

2004

  • Bellini, Paolo. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. (Milan, 1972): no. 29 [proof]

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: UBoccioni; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: no. 409; by later hand, lower center verso, in graphite: Acquaforte di U. Boccioni - / [??] chiaro che sono stato / autorizzaton dalla sorella del / pittore a vendere. G[???]aliari / 13.11.1962

Wikidata ID

Q76561923


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