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ID: 700009701
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009701
Record Type: Movable Work
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (sculpture (visual works); Umberto Boccioni (Italian painter, sculptor, and draftsman, ...; creation 1913, restoration 196...; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Pau...; 1963.3.81; )
Note: Original plaster cast of the “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” was created in 1913, and currently in the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP), Brazil.
Titles:
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,P)
Formas Únicas da Continuidade no Espaço (C,U,RP,Portuguese-P,U,P)
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)
Modern art
Italian art

Creation Date: creation 1913, restoration 1960 and 1971

Creator Display:
Umberto Boccioni (Italian painter, sculptor, and draftsman, 1882-1916) [preferred]
owner Marinetti Cappa, Benedetta (Italian illustrator, 1897-1977) [500125032]
sculptor Boccioni, Umberto (Italian Futurist sculptor and painter, 1882-1916) [500012624]
Locations:
Current: Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) [500308790] Universidade de São Paulo, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 1963.3.81
Credit Line: Acquired through Benedetta Marinetti Cappa. There are two letters written in 1952 with this information available at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo’s Cataloging Section, Brazil.
Other: Former: Museu de Arte Moderna do São Paulo (São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) [500308781] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Display Materials: plaster
plaster (composite coating) [300014922]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)
sculpting [300264383]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <object-making processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: 119.7 x 39.9 x 89.9 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:
human figures (preferred)
nonrepresentational art

Specific Subjects:
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)
motion [300056039]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, physics concepts, mechanics concepts, dynamics (mechanics concept)) (AAT)
striding [300417311]
.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>, walking) (AAT)
dynamism [300124171]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, forms of expression (artistic concept), <forms of expression for visual arts>) (AAT)

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
Additional Notes:
Portuguese ..... Criado em 1913, o gesso original de “Formas Únicas de continuidade no espaço” está localizado no Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP), Brasil.
Sources and Contributors:
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space........ [VP]
........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 19 April 2021
Formas Únicas da Continuidade no Espaço........ [VP]
........ Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (2021-) accessed 19 April 2021
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Birolli, Os gessos de Boccioni (2014) 1-19
Portuguese ..... [VP]
..... Silva. The time of Unique Forms of Continuity on Space (2014) 1-7
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