(Turin 1871–1958 Rome)
Autoritratto-Balla Futurista, c. 1916, signed Balla Futurista with the note: Idealismo-tricolorismo-ottimismo-Forme pensiero-Zero passato-tutto avvenire, ink on lined paper, 13 x 20 cm (the paper: 26 x 20 cm), on the reverse: Paesaggio+Bufera, red pastel on lined paper, 26 x 20 cm, framed

Photo certificate:
Archivio Elena Gigli, Rome, no. 2018 – 781

Provenance:
Atelier Balla, Rome (label with no. 462 of the family note book on the reverse; titled and dated by Luce Balla, daughter of the artist, on the reverse), there acquired by the present owner in 1980
Private Collection, Italy

Comparative Literature:
A similar composition has been listed under the number 755A (with ill.) i Giovanni Lista, Balla, Fonte d’Abisso, Modena 1982 with ill.

Exhibited:
Rome, Balla: disegni, studi, bozzetti dal 1897 al 1958, Studio SM13 Arte Moderna, March/April 1971, cat. no. 55 (typewritten label on the reverse of the cardboard)
Rome, FUTURISMO 1909–1944-Arte, architettura, spettacolo, grafica, letteratura, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, July/October 2001, curated by Enrico Crispolti, cat. p. 319 with ill. (listed with wrong date and dimensions)
Milan, 12–29 FuturBalla, Galleria Arte Centro, November/December 2008, cat. curated by Elena Gigli, pp. 34/35 with ill.