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Antigrazioso

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Antigrazioso (The Mother)
The original artwork photographed by Paolo Monti in 1978
ArtistUmberto Boccioni
Year1912 - 1913
Typesculpture
Mediumpatinated gesso
Dimensions58 cm × 50 cm (23 in × 20 in); cm 50 x 40 x h58
LocationGalleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Rome

Antigrazioso or L'antigrazioso (Italian for "The Anti-graceful"), also known as The Mother (La madre), is a patinated gesso sculpture by Umberto Boccioni realized between 1912 and 1913; it is located in the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea of Rome.[1]

The bust is one of the few surviving examples of Futurist sculptures made by Boccioni in 1912 and 1913 and exhibited at the Galerie 23 in Paris in 1913.

History

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The original gesso. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1978.

The original gesso, exhibited since 1938 in the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, was acquired in 1950 by the museum from Benedetta Marinetti.[1]

Description

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The sculpture represents the futurist decomposition of the face of the artist's beloved mother, also portrayed in the 1913 painting Materia. Boccioni also executed a 1913 painting with the same title, Antigrazioso, but with a different setting.

The sculpture has a similar style of Unique Forms of Continuity in Space.[2]

Bronze cast

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In 1950-1951, a bronze casting of the artwork was made. It was acquired and exhibited by the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gli artisti e le opere". www.gnamdrive.beniculturali.it (in Italian). 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  2. ^ Emanuela Calura (2016). Poetiche del Novecento: Lezioni /Appunti didattici (in Italian). Lampi di stampa. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-88-488-1824-7.
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