Letters to Giacomo Balla, ca. 1917-ca. 1918.

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Letters to Giacomo Balla, ca. 1917-ca. 1918.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82594728

Collection consists of two letters and two postcards, all handwritten, illustrated and signed. In his letter, Gino Galli describes thoughts and feelings while serving at the front during World War I and includes a landscape drawing. The postcard from Cesare Cerati features a drawing of a soldier titled "Zona di guerra." The postcard from Denardi is a "parola in libertà" announcing a futurist evening. In his letter, Pietro Gipli thanks Balla for a recent evening at Balla's home in Rome, with a "parola in libertà" portraying his impressions of Rome; there is also a pencil doodle.

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Galli, Gino, 1893-1954

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Cerati, Cesare.

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Denardi.

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Gipli, Pietro.

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Balla, Giacomo, 1871-1958

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Giacomo Balla was among the most significant of the first generation Futurist painters and a major 20th c. Italian artist. From the description of Letters to Giacomo Balla, ca. 1917-ca. 1918. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82594728 ...