Lake with Swans

1908

Umberto Boccioni

Associated Names
Umberto Boccioni

Artist, Italian, 1882 - 1916

The image features a low angle view close to the water's edge with swans floating gracefully. The horizon is positioned high in the image, just below the upper quarter, with a distant tree line separating the sky and land. The brushstrokes are expressive and loose, giving the image a soft, textured appearance. The color palette includes earth tones like browns and greens contrasting against the white swans. Cattails and grasses frame the swans in the foreground. In the background, a figure in a boat and a statue stand out against foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching inked à la poupée on chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 × 30.9 cm (8 1/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.4 × 43.1 cm (12 3/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.48.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bellini 2004, no. 20 [variant A]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2004

  • Bellini, Paolo. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Umberto Boccioni. (Milan, 1972): no. 20 [variant A]

Inscriptions

recto: below image at left in graphite in later hand: N17; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

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