Giacomo Balla ( TORINO  1871 - ROMA  1958 )

"Gatti Futuristi; Canaringatti; Futurtregatesco" 1922-1924 oil on canvas (on paper) cm 66x194 Signed lower left Signed, titled Futurtregatesco and dated 1922 on the reverse Casa Balla octagonal plate n. 221 on the reverse   Provenance Casa Balla, Rome Private collection, Milan   Exhibition "XCIV Esposizione di Belle Arti - sala VII "Il Pittore Futurista Giacomo Balla"" Società Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni" Rome, February - June 1928 (p. 66 n. 69 "Gatti Futuristi", 1923 - visible in the photo of the room above the portrait of Balla by E. Ambron) "Mostra del pittore Balla" Galleria del Dipinto, Rome, 22 June - 2 July 1930 (Sala CRRR n. 3 "Canaringatti" - visible in the photo of the room under the tapestry with the parrots, on the side wall to the left)   Literature M. Drudi Gambillo, T. Fiori "Archivi del Futurismo" Rome, 1962, pp. 129, 169, n. 294 ill. ("Gatti Futuristi") E. Crispolti "Nuovi Archivi del Futurismo" Rome, De Luca Editori d'Arte, 2010, pp. 284, 285 n. 1928/2 (reproduction catalogue "XCIV Esposizione di Belle Arti" Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1928, no. 69 "Gatti Futuristi"); pp.374, 376 n. 1930/13 (reproduction catalogue ‘Exhibition of the painter Balla’ Galleria del Dipinto, Rome, 1930, no. 3 ‘Canaringatti’)   This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate signed by Luce Balla (in which she writes that the work was exhibited at the Roman Biennale in 1925, blending in with the similar canvas but with orange, purple and pink colors - see critical text by Elena Gigli)   This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by Elena Gigli, Rome, with no. 2024/1142, dated 19-3-2024

Estimate € 250,000 - 300,000

Sold € 200,000