Live Auction 11793Impressionist & Modern Art Works on Paper
Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)
Lot 137 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION

Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)

Fiori + Spazio

Closed23 June 2016

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GBP 20,000

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Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)
Fiori + Spazio
signed and stamped with the artist's monogram 'BALLA' (lower left)
tempera and pen and ink on card
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19 x 24.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1918

Archivio Casa Balla (no. 491).
Private collection, Rome, by 2000.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Milan, 29 May 2001, lot 328.
Galleria d'Arte Contini, Venice.
Private collection, Italy, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Italy, acquired from the above circa 2008.

Specialist note

Giacomo Balla painted Fiori + Spazio on the reverse of a photograph of a relief titled 'Processione in onore di Iside', from the Vatican Museums. During the war, when materials were not readily available, Balla was creative with what he could use in order to be able to continue painting.