Why it matters
Boccioni breaks up the face of his beloved mother into Futurist planes. It is one of the few surviving Futurist sculptures he made in 1912–1913.
Did you know?
- It is made of patinated plaster.
- It was shown in Paris in 1913.
- A bronze cast made in 1950–51 is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Based on the Wikipedia article Antigrazioso (CC BY-SA 4.0).
