Joseph Stella
City Smoke
Artist
Joseph Stella
Additional Description
Aquarell auf Papier, auf Unterlagekarton kaschiert. 1920. Ca. 56 x 40 cm (Unterlagekarton ca. 61 x 46 cm). Signiert und datiert unten rechts fast mittig. Verso auf dem Unterlagekarton mit dem Namen und Ort des Galeristen bezeichnet.
Period
(1877 Muro Lucano - New York City 1946)
Technique
Works on paper
Provenance
Rabin & Krueger Gallery, Newark/USA, verso auf der Rahmenrückpappe mit dem Etikett; Privatsammlung, Süddeutschland.
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Description
Joseph Stella is considered America's first Futurist painter and incorporates various European avant-garde styles into his oeuvre. After a trip to Europe between 1909 and 1912, during which he met the Italian Futurists, he was fascinated by the speed, energy and dynamism of the modern world. He transferred Futurist techniques such as the depiction of movement and fragmentation to New York motifs such as the Coney Island amusement park and the Brooklyn Bridge.