Umberto Boccioni
1882-1916 · Italian · Futurism
Auction record: $16.17M
Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (fusione 1972), 1913 · Christie's, New York · Nov 11, 2019
Source: theartnewspaper.com
Biography
Umberto Boccioni was the leading painter and sculptor of Italian Futurism. Signatory of the 1910 manifestos and author of the 1912 Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture, he sought to render speed, dynamism and the energy of the modern city in works such as The City Rises (1910) and States of Mind. His bronze Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913), which appears on the Italian 20 cent euro coin, is an icon of modern sculpture. He died in 1916 at 33 after a fall from a horse during military training, so his mature output is very small and mostly in museums. His record is a posthumous 1972 cast of Unique Forms, sold for 16.2 million dollars at Christie's New York in November 2019.
Market
- Liquidity: Low
Museums
- Museo del Novecento, Milano
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Tate, Londra
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Estorick Collection, Londra
Sources
- The Art Newspaper, Boccioni record at Christie's
- Artnet News, Christie's Impressionist and Modern evening sale 2019
- Fanpage, Asta record per Boccioni
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