ID: 700009119 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009119	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (sculpture (visual works); Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte); 1913, cast 1950; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1990.38.3; )

Note: The Futurists’ celebration of the fast pace and mechanical power of the modern world is emphasized here in the sculpture’s dynamism and energy. The figure’s marching silhouette appears deformed by wind and speed, while its sleek metal contours allude to machinery. World War I broke out the year after Boccioni created this work. Believing that modern technological warfare would shatter Italy’s obsession with the classical past, the Futurists welcomed the conflict. Tragically, Boccioni was killed in action in 1916, at the age of thirty-four.

Titles:

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1913, cast 1950

Creator Display:

Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Boccioni, Umberto (Italian Futurist sculptor and painter, 1882-1916) [500012624]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1990.38.3

Credit Line: Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 908

Display Materials: bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	casting (process) [300053104]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

	hammering (metal finishing) [300054098]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques>, <metalworking processes and techniques>, <metal finishing processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: 47 3/4 x 35 x 15 3/4 in. (121.3 x 88.9 x 40 cm)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Futurist [300021374] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern Italian styles and movements>)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	motion [300056039]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, physics concepts, mechanics concepts, dynamics (mechanics concept)) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	space (composition concept) [300068896]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, formal concepts (artistic concept), <form and composition concepts>) (AAT)

Provenance: Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, Rome (1949–56; sold in November 1956 to Winston); Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston, Birmingham, Mich. (1956–his d. 1966); Lydia Winston Malbin, Detroit and New York (1966–d. 1989; her bequest to MMA)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Sources and Contributors:
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)