(Fondo/Trento 1892–1960 Rovereto)
Marionette (Architettura di ballerine), 1917, signed and dated Depero 1917, inscribed “per costruzioni in cartone” (partially faded), signed and dated Depero 1917 Giugno on the reverse, tempera on cardboard, 34.5 x 37.5 cm, framed

We are grateful to Maurizio Scudiero for the information he has kindly provided for the cataloguing of this work.

Provenance:
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna (certificate available, Rome, 16 December 1996)
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Modena, Depero futurista e l’arte pubblicitaria, Galleria Fonte d’Abisso, 16 April - 30 June 1988, exh. cat. p. 47 with ill.
Rome, Casa Balla e il Futurismo a Roma, Villa Medici, 1989, exh. cat. pp. 244,274 with ill.
Rome, Dada. L’arte della negazione, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 29 April - 30 June 1994, exh. cat. pp. 208–209 Bologna, Futurismo e Futurismi, Galleria Marescalchi, 31 January - 9 April 1996, exh. cat. p. 30 with ill.
Naples, Futurismo e Meridione, Palazzo Reale, 18 July - 31 October 1996, exh. cat. p. 192and p. 200, no. A.38 with ill.

Note:
The work is part of the production of theatre designs and objects that flow into the creation of Balli Plastics created in 1918 in Rome.

We are grateful to Maurizio Scudiero for the information he has kindly provided for the cataloging of this work.

Provenance:

Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna (certificate available, Rome, 16 December 1996)
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Modena, Depero futurista e l’arte pubblicitaria, Galleria Fonte d’Abisso, 16 April - 30 June 1988, exh. cat. p. 47 with ill.
Rome, Casa Balla e il Futurismo a Roma, Villa Medici, 1989, exh. cat. pp. 244,274 with ill.
Rome, Dada. L’arte della negazione, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 29 April - 30 June 1994, exh. cat. pp. 208–209 Bologna, Futurismo e Futurismi, Galleria Marescalchi, 31 January - 9 April 1996, exh. cat. p. 30 with ill.
Naples, Futurismo e Meridione, Palazzo Reale, 18 July - 31 October 1996, exh. cat. p. 192and p. 200, no. A.38 with ill.

Note:
The work is part of the production of theatre designs and objects that flow into the creation of Balli Plastics created in 1918 in Rome.