Umberto Boccioni

Italian | 1882 - 1916

Umberto Boccioni was an Italian Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1882. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MASI Lugano, LAC . Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kroller-Muller Museum have featured Umberto Boccioni's work in the past.Umberto Boccioni's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 29 USD to 16,165,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2001 the record price for this artist at auction is 16,165,000 USD for Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space), sold at Christie's New York in 2019. In the past 12 months, his works on paper have averaged 18,006 USD.Umberto Boccioni has been featured in articles for ARTnews, ArtLyst and Artmajeur Magazine. The most recent article is Collector Removes Boccioni Sculpture from Major Futurism Exhibition Citing Misleading Texts and Safety Concerns written for The Art Newspaper in February 2025. The artist died in 1916.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Studio per foot-baller - Umberto Boccioni

Studio per foot-baller ,1913

By Umberto Boccioni

+86%

above mid-estimate

RITRATTO DELL'AVVOCATO C.M.

By Umberto Boccioni

-5%

below mid-estimate

Ritratto di fanciulla - Umberto Boccioni

Ritratto di fanciulla ,1910

By Umberto Boccioni

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Recent Auction Results

Senza Titolo ,1978

By Umberto Boccioni

-21%

below mid-estimate

Arcadia Auction House

Study for the portrait of Mrs. Meta Quarck, 1910 - Umberto Boccioni

Study for the portrait of Mrs. Meta Quarck, 1910 ,1910

By Umberto Boccioni

+5%

above mid-estimate

Galleria Pananti

Sera ,1882

By Umberto Boccioni

-23%

below mid-estimate

Farsetti Arte

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Current Exhibitions

Ninfa e Musa: Un secolo del femminile nell’arte

Galleria Russo, Rome

Rome | Italy

Feb 21,2025 - Mar 13,2025

Sentiment and observation. Art in Ticino 1850-1950: The MASI Collections

MASI Lugano, LAC

Lugano | Switzerland

Nov 17,2024 - Mar 23,2025

Una Galleria: Tante Collezioni

Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC)

Bergamo | Italy

Feb 10,2024 - Jan 11,2026

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Articles

Collector Removes Boccioni Sculpture from Major Futurism Exhibition Citing Misleading Texts and Safety Concerns

The Art Newspaper 05/02/2025

Roberto Bilotti has removed the piece from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, claiming it was being exhibited in “a dark corner” and was “not valued at all”.

The ARTnews Guide to Cubism

ARTnews 30/01/2025

Most people have heard of Cubism and probably even have a fair idea of what a Cubist painting looks like.

Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry Estorick Collection – Sue Hubbard

ArtLyst 24/01/2025

The early 20th century was an era of dramatic social and political upheaval. Futurism, the art movement that began in Italy, embodied a love affair with speed and new technology that ‘aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past’.

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Coverage

“ ..It is an unfortunate fact that very few of Boccioni’s sculptures have survived, having been destroyed after the death of the artist... ”
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Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

“ ..A signatory of the 1910 ‘Manifesto of the Futurist Painters’, Boccioni was perhaps the most significant of the five artists associated with the first wave of Futurist art... ”
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Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art