Giacomo Balla *

(Turin 1871-1958 Rome) Untitled (front panel of the left door of the bar cabinet with decoration), c. 1915-1920, oil on poplar plywood, 31.6 x 12.7 cm, framed
We would like to thank Dr. Elena Gigli of the Archivio Gigli for Giacomo Balla for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of this work

Dr. Gigli has verbally confirmed the authenticity of the work

Provenance:
Giacomo Balla, Rome
Fabbrica Romana di mobili del colonello Tarsetti, Rome
Rigattiere di via dei Cappellari, Rome (1962)
Galleria Pogliani, vie Gregoriana 36, Rome (label on the reverse, titled "Compenetrazioni Irridescenti")
European Private Collection

Literature:
E. Crispolti, Il Mito della Macchina e altri temi del futurismo, Celebes Editore, Trapani, 1969, pp. 174-178, no. 37

Note:
This panel is one of the two smallest examples from the front section of one of the bar cabinets identified and studied by Crispolti in 1969