''Antigrazioso'' or ''L'antigrazioso'' (Italian for "The Anti-graceful"), also known as ''The Mother'' (''La madre''), is a patinated
gesso sculpture by
Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...
realized between 1912 and 1913; it is located in the
Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea
The ("national gallery of modern and contemporary art"), also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then Minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and contempora ...
of
Rome.
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
The original gesso, exhibited since 1938 in the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, was acquired in 1950 by the museum from Benedetta Marinetti.
Description
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
''Unique Forms of Continuity in Space'' ( it, Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio) is a 1913 bronze Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni. It is seen as an expression of movement and fluidity. The sculpture is depicted on the obverse of ...
''.
Bronze cast
In 1950-1951, a bronze casting of the artwork was made. It was acquired and exhibited by the
Metropolitan Museum of
New York
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See also
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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
''Unique Forms of Continuity in Space'' ( it, Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio) is a 1913 bronze Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni. It is seen as an expression of movement and fluidity. The sculpture is depicted on the obverse of ...
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References
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Sculptures by Umberto Boccioni
Busts in Italy
Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art