Lot #200: UMBERTO BOCCIONI - Figura di Spalle - Original charcoal and pencil drawing

     

Artist: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882-1916).
Title: "Figura di Spalle".
Medium: Original charcoal and pencil drawing.
Date: Composed 1907.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (241 x 219 mm). Image size: 7 x 5 1/4 in. (178 x 133 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,000/3,500
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Pale cream wove watermarked paper. Good condition; a few erased pencil annotations in the recto, slightly visible; foxing in the sheet edges.
Comment(s): For a stylistically similar charcoal composition, please see 'Figura femminile che legge (o cuce),' sold for $29,630 (€21,700) at Porro & C. auctions, Milan, Italy, 11/16/2010. Probably created during the period when Boccioni took drawing classes at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. [26423-2-2400-NA]