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Giacomo Balla © (Torino, 1871 - Roma, 1958)
Futurist composition (Bar cabinet base with decoration), Second half of the 1910s
Oil on panel
cm. 35x85
On the back: label and three stamps from the Galleria “Arte”, Florence; two almost invisible stamps from the Galleria Sestieri, Rome.
Authentication on photo by Enrico Crispolti, with stamp of the Falsetti Art Gallery in Prato.
Provenance: Giacomo Balla, Rome; Colonel Tarsetti's Roman Furniture Factory, Rome; Second-hand dealer on Via dei Cappellari, Rome [1962]; Art Gallery, Florence [3 stamps on the label with the Rubino Brescia Coll. provenance]; Farsetti Auction House, Prato [1980, 2009]; Pananti Gallery, Florence [2016]; Private collection.
Bibliography: 1969, E. Crispolti, The Myth of the Machine and Other Themes of Futurism, Celebes Editore, Trapani, pp. 174-178, fig.37.