The discovery of a core of four non -published designs by the artist from the Betty Stein Baer collection, you can make an inventory of the collective events of one of the most important collections of works of the futuristic genius, as well as the discovery of a family history of the early wire.
From 3 to 30 October In the Bottegantica Gallery The Boccioni and Baer exhibition, a found memory It will present the public a selection of works by the futuristic master, passed on by the Baer collection, such as some works connected to the development of The city is risingOr a non -published design of a futuristic head.
These works will be accompanied by other Boccionian Works, such as the portrait of the sculptor Riccardo Ripamonti, interesting to reconstruct the physiognomy of an important season, not only for the art of Umberto Boccioni, but for the entire history of Avant -garde collection of the start of the century.
Umberto boccioni, my mother
It all started from the portrait of Betty, the wife of Samuele Baer, together with the little daughter Nora, performed by Umberto Boccioni in 1909. Since her arrival in Milan, the woman within the world of female associations, both for the emancipation of the woman and for the welfare policy. The common presence of these environments was in all likelihood the opportunity for Betty to delve into the art world, just when Margherita Sarfatti Boccioni had recently known.
Access to the social and cultural circuit of the Baer members soon opened for the new relationships of the artist, such as those with the Ruberl family and especially, with Vico Baer, who soon became one of the artist who was closest to the artist, not only as a collector and protectors, but also “only in 19 in 1914.
Successful entrepreneurs in the embroidery and packages of clothing, linked to the family business of the production of “Packs for Lady”, M. Baer & Co, founded in 1884 in Milan, supported the Baer de Boccionian Artistic Activity. But in 1938 the fate of the family was upset by the racial laws that would lead to the Diaspora of the entire core.
However, part of Samuel and Betty Baer’s family managed to stay in Italy. Even the BAER collection will be slowly ignored between sales and donations in the immediate mail -water period, such as the works of Boccioni intended for the Moma of New York.
Umberto Boccioni, portrait of the sculptor Ripamonti
The exhibition will shed light on this interesting story, accompanied by the publication of a volume of Niccolò d’Agati with a text by Ester Coen. Enriched by Vintage Materials and Documents That tell the Story of the Baer Family, the Volume Will Present for the First Time A Reconstruction of the Collection of Samuele and Betty Baer and Vico Baer Offering the Possibility of Rediscovering Works Considered, Asered, Asidered The portrait of Vico Baerand not -published masterpieces such as the Portrait of Gemma BaerUnknown to now in Boccionian literature.
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