Morning (Mattino)

1910

Luigi Russolo

Associated Names
Luigi Russolo

Artist, Italian, 1885 - 1947

The image depicts a countryside landscape from an elevated perspective. The sun partially emerges from clouds at the upper center, casting rays across the sky. A train of clouds stretches along the horizon, adding depth. The scene is rendered with stippling, creating texture and shading. The color palette is monochromatic in sepia tones. In the foreground, there is a silhouetted tree and a building with a tiled roof.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.9 × 25.4 cm (7 13/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 25.6 × 42.9 cm (10 1/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.64.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Maffina 1978, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2014 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

1978

  • Maffina, G. Franco. Luigi Russolo e l’arte dei rumori : con tutti gli scritti musicali. Turin (1978): no. 22

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at left, in graphite: "Mattino"; below image, at right, in graphite: L Russolo [underlined]; veso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q77007056

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