States of Mind: The Farewells

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States of Mind: The Farewells, 1911. Graphite on paper (recto) ; graphite on paper (verso).

Graphite on paper (recto) ; graphite on paper (verso) · 19 5/16 × 24 3/16 in. (49.1 × 61.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Futurism

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Museum title: States of Mind: The Farewells (recto); Study for Female Figure (Ines) (verso)
Artist: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)
Date: 1911
Medium: Graphite on paper (recto) ; graphite on paper (verso)
Dimensions: 19 5/16 × 24 3/16 in. (49.1 × 61.4 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1882–1916

Futurism c. 1909–1944

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.