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Giacomo Balla

(1871 - Roma 1958)

Folding screen, 1968

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€ 5.000 - 7.000

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Information

202 x 180 x 3 cm

Giacomo Balla 

Folding screen composed of two elements each with three panels joined by folding hinges, screen-printed decoration on both sides; tribute to Giacomo Balla

Designed in 1968
Screen-printed laminated wood and brass
Gavina edition, San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy

Provenance

Private collection, Bologna

Literature

Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Dino Gavina Ultrarazionale Ultramobile, Editrice Compositori, 1998, pp. 157, 158
Fondazione Scientifica Querini Stampalia, Dino Gavina, collezioni emblematiche del moderno dal 1950 al 1992, Jaca Book edition, 1992, p. 94

Specialist Notes

The project of the folding screen is based on an original sketch on paper with tempera and pencil, made in 1916 - 1918 by the artist Giacomo Balla, a prominent exponent of the Futurist movement.
The Balla folding screen consists of three panels of different height and width in wood, joined by satin brass hinges that allow to orient the elements in the desired position. The screen-printed decoration is been produced with two different color combinations, on both sides.

Condition report

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