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ID: 700009118
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009118
Record Type: Conceptual
Images: 1
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (statue; Umberto Boccioni (Italian painter, sculptor, and draftsman, ...; designed in 1913)
Note: Boccioni created the work in plaster, Museu de Arte Contemporânea in São Paulo; it was never cast in bronze in his lifetime. Existing bronze casts: 2 casts 1931, one of which is in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan; 2 casts 1949, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York amd the Museum of Twentieth Century in Milan; 2 casts 1972, one at the Tate Modern in London; 8 casts in 1972 made from a 1949 bronze, not from the plaster, one of which is in the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
Titles:
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (preferred,C,U,AR,English-P,U,U)
Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (C,U,Italian,U,U)
Non-representational sculpture suggesting woman in movement (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Einzigartige Formen der Kontinuität im Raum (C,U,German,U,U)
Formas únicas de continuidad en el espacio (C,U,Spanish,U,U)
L'Homme en mouvement (C,U,French,U,U)
Formas Únicas de Continuidade no Espaço (C,U,Portuguese,U,U)
Catalog Level: multiples
Work Types:
statue [300047600] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)
Modern art

Creation Date: designed in 1913

Creator Display:
Umberto Boccioni (Italian painter, sculptor, and draftsman, 1882-1916) [preferred,VP]
sculptor Boccioni, Umberto (Italian Futurist sculptor and painter, 1882-1916) [500012624]
Locations:
Other: Not Applicable:
Display Materials: cast and hammered 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: 111.2 x 88.5 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)
female [300189557]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts, sex (biological characteristic)) (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)
walking [300248181]
.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Conceptual Works
.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works
Sources and Contributors:
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
........ Tate Gallery [online] (1999-)
Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
Non-representational sculpture suggesting woman in movement........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Einzigartige Formen der Kontinuität im Raum........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
Formas únicas de continuidad en el espacio........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
L'Homme en mouvement........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
Formas Únicas de Continuidade no Espaço........ [VP]
........ Tate Gallery [online] (1999-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Tate Gallery [online] (1999-)
..... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
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