Finding aid for the Umberto Boccioni papers, 1898-1986 880380
Annette Leddy.
Special Collections
1998
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Umberto Boccioni papers
Creator:
Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944
Creator:
Cecchi, Emilio, 1884-1966
Creator:
Dottori, Gerardo, 1884-1977
Creator:
Buzzi, Paolo, -1956
Creator:
Carrà, Carlo, 1881-1966
Creator:
Boccioni, Umberto, 1882-1916
Creator:
Amendola Kühn, Eva, 1880-
Creator:
Balla, Giacomo, 1871-1958
Creator:
Aleramo, Sibilla, 1876-1960
Identifier/Call Number: 880380
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1898-1986
Abstract: The papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, photographs, clippings, ephemera, and other material by and about
the Futurist artist and theoretician. The collection is especially representative of his Futurist period (1910-1915), and
includes a number of essays, most of which were collected in the book,
Pittura scultura futuriste (Dinamismo Plastico), as well as a compendium of articles regarding the 1985 show,
Boccioni a Venezia.
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Language of Material:
Italian
.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Umberto Boccioni papers consist primarily of handwritten manuscripts from Boccioni's Futurist phase (1910-1915), many
of which were collected, often in somewhat different form, in his book,
Pittura scultura futuriste (Dinamismo Plastico). The notes and rough draft manuscripts offer a glimpse of Boccioni's compositional method and the evolution of his ideas
during his very productive final five years. Most of the correspondence is from this period as well, and is generally from
Futurist colleagues to Boccioni, with a few letters from Boccioni or to Marinetti. There are also a number of letters from
or between family members, dating from 1899, as well as consolation letters to family members following Boccioni's premature
death, with a few letters from the 1950's. Diaries and photographs supplement the papers, offering further evidence of Boccioni's
deep commitment to his work. Numerous clippings about Boccioni's work and life emphasize his importance as a 20th c. artist.
Arrangement note
The papers are organized in four series: Series I. Correspondence, 1898-1965; Series II. Manuscripts, notes and clippings,
1910-1916; Series III. Personal, 1907-1915; Series IV. Printed ephemera, 1912-1986.
Biographical/Historical Note
Umberto Boccioni, born in Reggio Calabria in 1882, spent his childhood in Genova, Padova and Catania, and began his artistic
career in Rome, where he worked with Giacomo Balla, who was then a Divisionist. In 1902 he went to Paris to study Impressionism
and Cubism, traveled to Russia, and spent two years in Padova and Venice. He finally settled in Milan, where he met F.T. Marinetti
in 1910 and became a Futurist, authoring, along with Carrà, Russolo, Balla, and Severini, "Manifesto dei pittori futuristi"
(1910) and "Manifesto tecnico della pittura futurista" (1910). During the following five years, Boccioni produced what is
generally considered Futurism's finest artistic legacy. Where other Futurist artists found a mechanical or formulaic solution
to the problem of dynamism, Boccioni sought to portray dynamism as a dimension of consciousness. Thus, in the series "Dinamismi"
(1913), or in works such as "Antigrazioso," and "Scomposizione di figure di donne a tavola," the object exists in complex
relationship both to its environment and to the viewer's experience of it. He also published a number of theoretical essays
about painting and sculpture, collected in the book
Pittura scultura futuriste (Dinamismo Plastico) (1914), and traveled to various European cities, organizing Futurist shows and giving lectures. In 1915, he volunteered to
serve in the great war and died after falling from his horse during a military drill.
Processing History
The archive was first processed and described in 1988. Annette Leddy re-processed it and wrote a new finding aid and description
in December 1994. The following books were consulted: Umberto Boccioni,
Opera completa. A cura e con prefazione di F. T. Marinetti, 1927; Umberto Boccioni,
Gli scritti editi e inediti. A cura di Zeno Birolli, 1971; Umberto Boccioni,
Altri inediti e apparati critici. A cura di Zeno Birolli, 1972.
In April 2016, Pietro Rigolo wrote a new finding aid and description for Series I. Correspondence.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1988
Preferred Citation
Umberto Boccioni papers, 1898-1986, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 880380.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa880380
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Digitized Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art criticism -- History -- 20th century -- Italy
Architecture -- Italy -- 20th century
Sketches
Clippings (information artifacts)
Pittura, scultura futuriste
Poems
Boccioni a Venezia
Manifestoes
Futurism (Art)
Italian poetry -- 20th century
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Art, Italian -- 20th century
Cubism
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Italy
Painting, Italian -- 20th century
Sculpture, Italian -- 20th century
Boccioni, Umberto, 1882-1916
Severini, Gino, 1883-1966
Russolo, Luigi
Sprovieri, Paolo
Sironi, Mario, 1885-1961
Walden, Herwarth, 1878-1941
Nyst, Ray
Pratella, Francesco Balilla, 1880-1955
Morandi, Giorgio, 1890-1964
Correspondence, Series I.
1898-1917, 1932, 1958-1965, undated
Physical Description:
1 box(es)
Arrangement note
The material is arranged according to the list of letters provided by the dealer, which can be found in folder 1, with letters
between the family members first, and then the rest of the correspondence, roughly organized alphabetically by name of the
sender.
The finding aid is organized by name of the main correspondents, with a miscellaneous section at the end with other documents
and a few letters, which are not related to any of the correspondents previously noted.
Scope and Contents note
The series is composed of a collection of 227 letters, which for the most part were sent to Boccioni. Also letters between
the Boccioni family members are to be found, together with letters received by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, primarily on the
occasion of Boccioni's death, and letters sent by Gino Severini. The miscellaneous section at the end of the series includes
various documents and single letters sent by other individuals.
Boccioni, Umberto,
1898-1916, undated
Letters received,
1904, 1910-1916, undated
box 1, folder 35
Anonymous,
undated
Scope and Contents
Signed "un mantovano che marcia e non vuol marcire" [an inhabitant of Mantua who is marching, and does not want to rot].
box 1, folder 15
Acciaio,
1915 November 16
box 1, folder 15
Albani,
1916 September 20
box 1, folder 16
Alberti, Riccardo,
1912 October 23
box 1, folder 10
Altomare, Libero,
1914 March 9
box 1, folder 16
Altrodini, Carlo,
1914 May 2
box 1, folder 21
Barbieri, Silvio,
1914 March 16
box 1, folder 17
Barrella, Giovanni,
1914 March 18
box 1, folder 18
Basile, Carlo,
1914 March 28
box 1, folder 18
Bazi, Giannetto,
1915 August 9
box 1, folder 21
Bianchesi, Romolo,
1914 March 15
box 1, folder 17
Bifulco, Alfiero,
undated
box 1, folder 21
Binozzi,
1914 November 29
box 1, folder 3
Boccioni Callegari, Amelia, Callegari, Guido, and Forlani Boccioni, Cecilia,
undated
box 1, folder 18
Busetto, Andrea,
1913 May 20
box 1, folder 17, 21
Buzzi, Paolo,
1914 April 7-1915 January 22
box 1, folder 24
C[?], Charlotte von,
1913 July 20
box 1, folder 24
Campigli,
1914 November 2
box 1, folder 23
Caprotti,
1914 October 10
box 1, folder 22
Carra, Antonio,
1914 April 14
box 1, folder 22
Castelbarco Pindemonte, conte di,
undated
box 1, folder 23
Cavallini, Attilio,
1915 March 13
box 1, folder 8
Cecchi, Umberto,
1914 May 27-1915 November 7
box 1, folder 23
Chiarandò, Carlo,
1916 March 2
box 1, folder 29
Ciacelli, Arturo,
1910 August 3
box 1, folder 23
Comazzi, Celeste,
1914 April 17
box 1, folder 38
Corbellari, Ferruccio and Nicoli, [?],
1912 June 26
box 1, folder 22
Cornaggia Medici Sella, Selina,
1914
box 1, folder 22
Costantini,
1912 September 13
box 1, folder 22
Crosad, Lina,
1914 April 25,
box 1, folder 25
Del Guerra, Mario,
1914 March 8
box 1, folder 25
Della Valle di Casanova, S.,
1916 July 13
box 1, folder 24
De Robertis, Giuseppe,
1914 March 30
box 1, folder 24
Di Grondraud, Cavallo,
1914 September 20
box 1, folder 28
Foschini, Antonino,
undated
box 1, folder 29
Galante, Nicola,
1914 April 26, undated
box 1, folder 29
Grubicy de Dragon, Vittore,
1910 July 27
box 1, folder 30-31
Gruss-Galliéni, Marcelle,
1916 March 26-July 7
box 1, folder 33
Hugon, P. D.,
1912 march 5
box 1, folder 32
Ingram, Bruce S.,
1912 February 20
box 1, folder 32
Jerace, Vincenzo L.,
1912 December 1
box 1, folder 50
Kino, Giuseppe,
1914 March 26
box 1, folder 32
Leopardi Carotti, Rosita,
1915 Janaury 20
box 1, folder 32
Lieber, Alfred von,
1914 April 27
box 1, folder 32
Longo, Fortunato,
1916 Ausut 19
box 1, folder 34
Malerba, G. E.,
1914 April 1
box 1, folder 34
Malmerendi, Giovanni,
1915 Janaury 13
box 1, folder 7
Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso,
undated
box 1, folder 34
Mengarini, Pietro,
1911 April 19
box 1, folder 33
Micozzi [?],
1904 March 27
box 1, folder 34
Minozzi, Filiberto,
1914 April 27
box 1, folder 33
Morandi, G. and others,
1914 February 3
box 1, folder 35
Muggiani, Eugenio,
1914 May 14
box 1, folder 35
Musacchio,
1912 February 10
box 1, folder 36
Nebbia, Ugo,
1914 March 7
Scope and Contents
Addressed to Boccioni and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
box 1, folder 36
Nicotra Puglisi, Mario,
1914 March 12
box 1, folder 41
Nyst, Ray,
1912 June 8-July 4, undated
box 1, folder 36
Panzini, Alfredo,
1914 May 7
box 1, folder 39
Patrella, Esodo Luigi,
1912 September 7-1914 March 4
box 1, folder 37
Pini, A.,
1914 January 25?
box 1, folder 38
Pini, Giorgio,
1914 January 25
box 1, folder 14
Pirocchi, Adolfo, Rotini, Gino and Verrocchio, Domenico,
1914 March 3
box 1, folder 38
Pizzirani, Guglielmo,
1916 June 10
box 1, folder 38
Placci, Carlo,
1914 May 13
box 1, folder 36
Plan, P.-P.,
1914 March 19?
box 1, folder 39-40
Pratella, Francesco Balilla,
1912 September 1-1916 June 20
box 1, folder 40
Quaglia, Filippo,
1914 April 2
box 1, folder 42-43
Remondino, Duilio,
1913 September 10-1914 February 2, undated
box 1, folder 43
Rossi, Alberto C.,
undated
box 1, folder 10
Russolo, Luigi,
1912 April 9-September 22
box 1, folder 43
Sacchi, Giulio Adamo,
1913 June 6-1914 March 19
box 1, folder 45
Santi, Bruno,
1914 March 30
box 1, folder 48
Scaletti, Antonio,
1914 April 8
box 1, folder 45
Schalk, Ava,
1911
Scope and Contents
Includes two drawings.
box 1, folder 46-47
Schmalzigaug, Jules,
1914 January 25-March 7, undated
Schmalzigaug, Jules,: 1914 January 25-March 7, undated
box 1, folder 43
Severini, Gino,
1914 March 13
box 1, folder 45
Sonon, Gianfranco,
1916 April 15
box 1, folder 45
Soragna, Antonio,
undated
box 1, folder 47-48
Sprovieri, Antonio,
1913 September 3-November 26
box 1, folder 49
[Tanti?], Armando,
undated
box 1, folder 49
Tatamo, Raff.,
1916 August 17
box 1, folder 49
Troendle, Hugo,
1914 March 23
box 1, folder 49
Valentinelli, Ennio,
1915 November 16
box 1, folder 50
Walden, Herwarth,
1912 May 6-1914 February 2
box 1, folder 50
Wichman, E.,
1914 April 1
Letters sent,
1898-1906, 1914-1916, undated
box 1, folder 9
Cecchi, Emilio,
1914 June 7-1915 November 2
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
box 1, folder 11, 13
Pratella, Francesco Balilla,
1915 September 12-1916 June 16
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
Letters to family,
1898-1906, 1915, undated
box 1, folder 4,6
General,
1906 April 17, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes letters to the family, without a specific addressee.
box 1, folder 6
Boccioni Callegari, Amelia,
1898 December 26-1899 June 11
box 1, folder 4,6
Callegari, Guido,
1915 Ocotber 22, undated
box 1, folder 4,6
Forlani Boccioni, Cecilia,
1901 March 9, undated
Boccioni Callegari, Amelia, letters received,
1916, 1958-1959, undated
box 1, folder 7
Maggi, Maria,
undated
Scope and Contents
Letter sent following the death of Umberto Boccioni (1916 August 16).
box 1, folder 19
Bisi, Marco,
1959 November 7-December 19
box 1, folder 26
Paetani di Teano, Vittoria,
1916 September 1-November 16
box 1, folder 36-37
Perocco, Guido,
1958 September 11-November 6
box 1, folder 40
Pratella, Francesco Balilla,
1916 August 19
box 1, folder 42
Ramo, Luciano,
1916?
Scope and Contents
The letter is most likely addressed to Amelia Boccioni Callegari, although it refers to "Armida."
box 1, folder 10
Russolo, Luigi,
1916 August 29
box 1, folder 45
Sambo, Maria,
1916 August 30
Forlani Boccioni, Cecilia,
1911-1917, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Cecilia Forlani Boccioni, Boccioni's mother; Amelia Boccioni Callegari, Boccioni's elder sister;
and her husband Guido Callegari. Letters between family members and Umberto Boccioni are filed among his correspondence.
Letters received,
1915-1916, undated
box 1, folder 15
Aleramo, Sibilla,
undated
Scope and Contents
Letter sent following the death of Umberto Boccioni (1916 August 16).
box 1, folder 5
Callegari, Guido,
1915 August 3
box 1, folder 7
Bonzagni, Arnoldo,
undated
Scope and Contents
Letter sent following the death of Umberto Boccioni (1916 August 16).
box 1, folder 34
Minozzi, Filiberto,
1916 August
box 1, folder 26
Paetani di Teano, Vittoria,
undated
box 1, folder 2-3
Boccioni Callegari, Amelia and Callegari, Guido,
1911 July 2-1917 April 16
Scope and Contents
The letter from 1915 April 18 includes a note written by Umberto Boccioni.
Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, letters received,
1914-1916, undated
Scope and Contents
Most of the correspondence to Marinetti follows the sudden death of Boccioni on August 16, 1916.
box 1, folder 16
Antoniazzi, D.,
1916 August 26
box 1, folder 21
Brochon, Lida,
1916 August 20
box 1, folder 27
Cagnaccio,
1916 August 20
box 1, folder 24
Casella, Lina,
1916 September 5
box 1, folder 24
Cucchetti, Gino,
1916 August 26
box 1, folder 24
Dottori, Gerardo,
1916 August 20
box 1, folder 33
Malipiero, G. Francesco,
1916 August 22
box 1, folder 33
Mancina, Giuseppina,
1916 August 20
box 1, folder 35
Mezzanotte, Giuseppina and Raimonda,
1916 September 4
box 1, folder 35
Minozzi, Filiberto,
1916 August
box 1, folder 37
Pica, Vittorio,
1914 March 7, 1916 August 20
Scope and Contents
The card dated 1914 March 7 is addressed to Boccioni and Marinetti.
box 1, folder 40
Pratella, Francesco Balilla,
1916 August 19
box 1, folder 36
Prini, Orazio,
1916 Aogosto 19
box 1, folder 49
Vastociclone, [Settimo?],
1916 August 19
box 1, folder 49
Vertera, Piero,
1916 August 19
box 1, folder 50
Zuccarini, Giovanni,
1916 August 20
box 1, folder 14
Message to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti signed Carrà, Russolo, Datta, Cavacchioli, Buzzi, Cinti,
undated
Severini, Gino, letters sent,
1916, 1961-1965
box 1, folder 43
Forlani Boccioni, Cecilia,
1916 August 31
box 1, folder 44
Veronesi, Luigi,
1961 November 26, 1965 April 12
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
Miscellaneous,
1913-1917, 1932, 1960, undated
box 1, folder 7
Bonzagni Poggi, Elsa,
1960 September 29
Scope and Contents
Identified, most likely erroneously, as a letter to Cecilia Forlani Boccioni in the list provided by the dealer.
box 1, folder 18
Busetto, Andrea,
1916 August 19
Scope and Contents
Letter to the editorial staff of
Italia futurista.
box 1, folder 38
Callegari, G. V.,
1932 November 9
Scope and Contents
Letter from the "Podestà" of the city of Milano to Callegari, about an exhibition on the 50th anniversary of Boccioni's birth.
box 1, folder 25
Della Valle di Casanova,
1917 February 7
Scope and Contents
Letter to an unidentified lawyer.
box 1, folder 25
Dorian, A.,
1913 July 15, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter to the Futurist group, and a manifesto dated February 13 and entitled
La guerre des deux rives: Appel aux jeunes.
box 1, folder 12
Drawing by Umberto Boccioni with annotations,
undated
box 1, folder 20
"Elenco pubblicazioni per Umberto Boccioni di proprietà dello scultore Marco Bisi, Milano,"
undated
box 1, folder 28
Falgette, Elsa,
1914 April 27
Scope and Contents
Letter to an unidentified woman.
box 1, folder 27
Ferrante, Giorgio,
1916 September 17
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter to Guido Callegari, and a draft for an artitle entitled "Per il trigesimo di Umberto Boccioni."
box 1, folder 1
List of correspondence provided by the dealer,
undated
box 1, folder 38
Puccini, Mario,
1915 April 24
Scope and Contents
Addressed to the "Movimento futurista."
box 1, folder 41
Ravizza, Alessandrina,
1914 May 3
Scope and Contents
Letter to an unidentified woman.
box 1, folder 43
Ruffini,
1917 March 27
Scope and Contents
Letter to Luigi Gasparotto, member of the Parliament, about the purchase of a painting by Boccioni by the Ministry of Education.
Manuscripts, notes and clippings, Series II.
1910-1916, undated
Physical Description:
2 box(es)
Scope and Contents note
Manuscripts of essays (some "manifestos"), notes, drafts, proofs, clippings, lists, and leaflets and articles (Italian and
French periodicals), primarily on art aspects such as futurism, sculpture, and cubism.
Manuscripts, Series II.A.
1910-1916, undated
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Approximately two-thirds of the unbound final proof of Boccioni's book,
Pittura e Scultura Futuriste, as well as two handwritten drafts of each of the following six essays in Part I of that book: "Perché siamo futuristi,"
"L'artista di fronte al passato e all'avvenire," "Perché non siamo impressionisti," "Che cosa ci divide dal cubismo," "Fondamento
plastico," "Stato d'animo." The remaining fifteen manuscripts by Boccioni are handwritten drafts of pieces that were collected
primarily in the manifesto section of the book, often in somewhat different form, including "Pittura Futurista," "Introduzione
al Catalogo per la Prima Esposizione," "Sul Divisionismo," and "I Futuristi plagiati in Francia." There are also six poems,
written as parole in libertà, and manuscript drafts by Gino Severini, Eva Amendola, and Sibilla Aleramo.
box 2, folder 1
BOCCIONI, ET AL,
1914
Scope and Contents note
ms., unbound final proof of book,
Pittura, with handwritten corrections, missing seventy-eight pages, including the first, fifth, and sixth chapters and half of the
seventh.
box 2, folder 2
BOCCIONI, ET AL,
1913-1914
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten drafts of six essays from
Pittura Scultura Futuriste: "Perché siamo futuristi," "L'artista di fronte al passato e all'avvenire," "Perché non siamo impressionisti," "Che cosa
ci divide dal cubismo," "Fondamento plastico," "Stato d'animo."
box 2, folder 3
BOCCIONI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 73 handwritten pp.,
Pittura Futurista, with brief preface.
box 2, folder 4
BOCCIONI,
1913
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., "Architettura Futurista," manifesto preceded by handwritten title page.
box 2, folder 5
BOCCIONI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 19 handwritten pp. on paper of two sizes, "Manifesto Futurista dei Pittori Meridionali," with title page, 1916; ms.,
4 small pp., notes; ms., 1 p., about Domenico Morelli.
box 2, folder 6
BOCCIONI,
1912
Scope and Contents note
ms., 17 handwritten pp., "Introduzione al Catalogo per la Prima Esposizione," with handwritten title page.
box 3, folder 1
BOCCIONI,
1912
Scope and Contents note
ms., 53 handwritten pp., (in handwriting of Decio Cinti?) "Introduzione al Catalogo per la Prima Esposizione," french translation
of ms. in Box 2, Folder 6, according to title page dated 1912.
box 3, folder 2
BOCCIONI,
1913
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., "Prefazione al Catalogo della Prima Esposizione di Scultura;" ms., 14 handwritten pp., second draft
of above ms., signed, 1913. Handwritten title page precedes both versions.
box 3, folder 3
BOCCIONI,
1912
Scope and Contents note
ms., 106 handwritten pp., "Origines du Futurisme Pictural," (1912 Paris lecture in Decio Cinti's handwriting?).
box 3, folder 4
BOCCIONI,
undated (1910?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 110 handwritten pp., "Sul Divisionismo," with title page.
box 3, folder 5
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., "Per l'ignoranza italiana," with handwritten title page on back of last page, signed. (Published in
Lacerba, 1913?)
box 3, folder 6
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., "Il dinamismo fa proseliti in Francia," with handwritten title page, signed. (A variation published
in
Lacerba, 1913?).
box 3, folder 7
BOCCIONI,
April 1913
Scope and Contents note
ms., 18 handwritten pp., "I Futuristi plagiati in Francia," with handwritten title page, signed, April 1913. (A variation
published in
Lacerba, 1913.)
box 3, folder 8
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 handwritten pp., "Ricerche sull'Arte di Luigi Russolo," with handwritten title page on back of last page.
box 3, folder 9
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 13 handwritten pp., "La pittura futurista," with handwritten title page.
box 3, folder 10
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 handwritten pp., "Articolo su Funi," with handwritten title page.
box 3, folder 11
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., "In Onore del Balla," on Ristorante Cova letterhead with handwritten title page.
box 3, folder 12
BOCCIONI,
1913, undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 handwritten pp., "Scarpatta da società + orina, Parole in Libertà" signed, n.d. (1913?); ms., 2 handwritten p., "C'è
nell'aria la paura...," n.d. (1913?); ms., 1 handwritten p., "Entrare-uscire," n.d. (1913?)
box 3, folder 13
BOCCIONI,
1913, undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., "Lettere a rovescio," n.d. (1913?); ms., 4 handwritten p., earlier draft of above ms. on Ristorante
Cova letterhead; ms., 2 handwritten pp., "Antracite al sole," n.d. (1913?); ms., 2 handwritten pp. (5 & 6), "Non so se...,"
n.d. (1913?)
box 3, folder 14
SEVERINI,
1911
Scope and Contents note
ms., 60 handwritten pp., "Appunti mandato da Parigi da Gino Severini," about painting, with handwritten title page.
box 3, folder 15
SEVERINI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 49 handwritten pp.
box 3, folder 16
AMENDOLA, EVA,
1914
Scope and Contents note
30 handwritten pp., "Trattate sintentico sulle tre gradazioni dell'amore sessuale," 1913, signed "Magamal" (pseud.), prefatory
inscription to Boccioni dated 1914.
box 3, folder 17
ALERAMO, SIBILLA,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 15 handwritten pp., "Il futurismo italiano,"
box 3, folder 18
BOCCIONI ET AL,
1910
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 printed pp. leaflet, "Manifesto tecnico."
Notes and clippings, Series II.B.
1911, undated
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Notes and handwritten drafts of a more preliminary nature than those in Series II.A. Some of these bear the same title as
pieces finally collected in Boccioni's book, such as "Che cosa ci divide dal cubismo," and "Fondamento plastico della pittura
futurista." Articles Boccioni collected about art or literature from French and Italian periodicals and a list of texts and
authors he prepared, apparently for a family member, offer evidence of his reading interests.
box 3, folder 19
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 18 handwritten pp., notes on Previati.
box 3, folder 20
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 17 handwritten pp., about the Italian.
box 3, folder 21
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., "Manifesto dei pittori futuristi,"; ms., 2 handwritten pp., "Il pittore futurista,"; 26 pp. of assorted
notes.
box 3, folder 22
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 80 handwritten pp., "Note per il libro."
box 3, folder 23
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 21 small handwritten pp., many odd-sized or crossed out, "Fondamento plastico della pittura futurista, Note," with handwritten
title page; another handwritten title page, "Opere in America, S. Franciso," followed by 1 p. list of numbers.
box 3, folder 24
BOCCIONI,
1911, undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 15 small handwritten pp., "Note per la conferenza tenuta a Roma," with handwritten title page, 1911; 1 small newspaper
clipping with paragraph circled.
box 3, folder 25
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., "Stati d'animo, Note,"; ms., 6 handwritten pp., "Scultura," with handwritten title page "Manifesto
Scultura," enclosing both of above mss.
box 3, folder 26
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 15 small handwritten pp., "Scultura," with handwritten title page, many crossed out pages.
box 3, folder 27
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 handwritten pp., "Scultura," with handwritten title page; newspaper clipping, 1 p., review of "La Scultura Futurista."
box 3, folder 28
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 14 small handwritten pp., "Che cosa ci divide dal cubismo, Note," with doodle of face on first page; ms., 3 handwritten
pp., on cubism.
box 3, folder 29
BOCCIONI,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 small handwritten pp., "Libri da consultare, Bergson," brief exposition of ideas and lists of authors and texts.
box 3, folder 30
Miscellaneous articles concerning issues in art and literature from French and Italian periodicals
Personal, Series III.
1907-1915
Physical Description:
1 box(es)
Scope and Contents note
Five diaries, one an address book and another a war diary, as well as 17 personal photographs and 18 photographs of Boccioni's
painting or sculpture, some of which feature the artist with his work. Two diaries have been digitized.
box 4, folder 3
Diario,
1907
Scope and Contents note
24 handwritten pp., signed.
box 4, folder 4
Diario,
1907
Scope and Contents note
34 handwritten pp., with drawings.
box 4, folder 5
Diario,
1908
Scope and Contents note
49 handwritten pp., with pasted in clippings and reviews of his work.
box 4, folder 1
Diario di Indirizzi,
1912
Diario di Indirizzi (digitized version),: 1912
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten, bound.
box 4, folder 2
Diario di Guerra,
1915
Diario di guerra (digitized version),: 1915
Scope and Contents note
22 handwritten pp.
box 4, folder 6
5 personal photographs,
undated
box 4, folder 7
5 personal photographs,
undated
box 4, folder 8
7 personal photographs,
undated
box 4, folder 9
6 art photographs,
undated
box 4, folder 10
5 art photographs,
undated
box 4, folder 11
7 art photographs,
undated
Printed ephemera, Series IV.
1912-1986
Physical Description:
1 box(es)
ca. 1 lin. ft.
Scope and Contents note
One bound compendium of photocopied reviews and articles entitled, "Rassegna Stampa della mostra 'Boccioni a Venezia,'" (1985-1986)
and 50 file folders with clippings (1912-1986) about Boccioni's life, his work, and his death.
box 5*
Reviews, articles, and clippings,
1912-1986
Scope and Contents note
1 bound volume, "Rassegna Stampa della mostra 'Boccioni a Venezia,'" a compendium of photocopied articles reviewing the 1985-1986
exhibition; 50 file folders contain newspaper clippings (1912-1986) about Boccioni's life, his work, and his death.