Composition n° 522
1915
Composition n° 522
1915
When forced by the war to retire to Tuscany, Magnelli abandoned figuration temporarily, deriving his inspiration from the sculptures in his collection.
Alberto Magnelli purchased his first African mask as early as 1913, and in 1914 he brought sculptures by Alexander Archipenko back from Paris. He was inspired here by their rigorous cuts, geometrical and tapering forms. The abandonment of black contours and the use of obliques added a dynamic to these abstract compositions, which were contemporaneous with the radical research of Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich or Frantisek Kupka.
| Domain | Peinture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Huile sur toile |
| Dimensions | 50 x 32,5 cm |
| Acquisition | Legs de l'artiste, 1972 |
| Inventory no. | AM 1972-24 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Alberto Magnelli
(1888, Italie - 1971, France) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Composition n° 522 |
| Creation date | 1915 |
| Place of production | Peint à Florence |
| Domain | Peinture |
| Techniques | Huile sur toile |
| Dimensions | 50 x 32,5 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.D.B.G. : Magnelli 15 |
| Acquisition | Legs de l'artiste, 1972 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
| Inventory no. | AM 1972-24 |
Bibliography
Abstraction : Towards a New Art : Painting 1910-20, Londres, The Tate Gallery, 6 février-13 avril 1980. - Londres : The Tate Gallery, 1980 (cat. n° 371 reprod. coul. p. 98, reprod. p. 103)
Magnelli, entre cubisme et futurisme : Antibes, Musée Picasso, 3 juillet-10 octobre 2004. - Paris : Editions Hazan, 2004 (cat. n° 58 reprod. coul. p. 98) . N° isbn 2-85025-937-3
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Alberto Magnelli. Da Firenze a Parigi : Reggio Emilia, Palazzo Magnani et Corregio, Palazzo dei Principi, 16 décembre 2006-11 mars 2007 (sous la dir. de Daniel Abadie et Sandro Parmiggiani) (cit. p. 32, 290 et reprod. coul. p. 159)