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Print, Cover Sheet for "Fuochi d'Artificio (Particolare)" [Sketch for "Fireworks," Detail], from "Progetti Scenici per 'Sintesi Futuriste'" Portfolio

This is a Print. It was designed by Giacomo Balla and published by Edizioni Franca Mancini. It is dated ca. 1980 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is letterpress on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 70.2 × 50 cm (27 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark horizontally across upper and lower edges of sheet: Ingres-Fabriano

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Luce Balla; in pen and blue ink, lower right: Elica Balla

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, above signatures, lower right: 45/150

Cite this object as

Print, Cover Sheet for "Fuochi d'Artificio (Particolare)" [Sketch for "Fireworks," Detail], from "Progetti Scenici per 'Sintesi Futuriste'" Portfolio; Designed by Giacomo Balla (Italian, 1871–1958); Published by Edizioni Franca Mancini (Italy); letterpress on cream laid paper; H x W: 70.2 × 50 cm (27 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen; 1999-6-5-7

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