Mia madre che lavora [My Mother Working]

1907

Umberto Boccioni

Associated Names
Umberto Boccioni

Artist, Italian, 1882 - 1916

The image shows a seated woman in profile, positioned in a chair facing to the right side. Her entire body is depicted, wrapped in a long gown or housecoat. Her hair is styled in an updo, neatly arranged, and her facial features are softly drawn, though specific details are subtle. The woman is engaged in knitting, with yarn threading through her hands, which she holds just above her lap. The room contains several elements: curtains at the window to the left, a small table cluttered with knitting supplies, and floral patterns on the glass doors behind her. The floor features a tiled pattern. The setting appears to be indoors, with the woman seated in a tranquil environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint printed in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.2 × 31 cm (14 1/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 67.3 × 48.6 cm (26 1/2 × 19 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.30.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bellini 2006, no. 14, State undescribed state between A and C (printed before 1931)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's widow; by descent to Giuseppe Del Pian. (sale, Cambi Casa d'Aste, 13 June 2016, no. 225); (La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1972

  • Bellini, Paolo. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. (Milan, 1972): no. 14.

2004

  • Bellini, Paolo. Umberto Boccioni: catalogo ragionato delle incisioni, degli ex-libris, dei manifesti e delle illustrazioni. Milan, 2004: no. 14, undescribed state between A and C (printed before 1931).

Inscriptions

lower center in image: 1907 (in reverse); by later hand(?), lower left in graphite: 5/10/II; by same hand, lower right in graphite: U. Boccioni / mamma che lavora davanti alla / finestr; by Giuseppe Dal Pian, upper right verso in graphite: Questa acquaforte di Umberto Boccioni / "Mamma che lavora davanti alla fine / stra é originale di seconda tiratura / 5/10

Wikidata ID

Q77259179

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