Tetti (Roofs)

1910

Luigi Russolo

Associated Names
Luigi Russolo

Artist, Italian, 1885 - 1947

The image shows a high angle view of rooftops and a street. The horizon is high with distant land and a tall chimney emitting smoke. The style is similar to an etching, with fine, dark lines creating textures and forms. The color palette is monochromatic, with dark brown and black tones against a lighter background. The rooftops are detailed with windows and sharp lines, while small figures are depicted in the street below. Winter trees rise above the buildings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.3 × 70 cm (6 × 27 9/16 in.)
    plate: 15.2 × 7.1 cm (6 × 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.176.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Maffina 1978, no.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Maffina, G. Franco. Luigi Russolo e l’arte dei rumori : con tutti gli scritti musicali. Turin (1978): no.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: <<Tetti>>; lower right in graphite: L Russolo; upper right verso, by later hand, in graphite: Є 2700 / 0080914

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