Studies of automobilies

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• Author of the reproduced work: Balla Giacomo
• Caption: 99-103. Studies of automobilies from Balla´s Notebook No. 2. Pencil on paper, all 3x5 inches excepf fig. 102 which is 5x7 inches. Collection Balla, Rome. This is a series of drawings which Balla made in his notebook from direct observation of automobilies on the Roman streets. First he studied the car standing still, and then in motion. Balla was interested in speed for speed´s sake. In fig. 101-103, the increasing speed of the car is pictorially represented by the progressive disappearance of its components so that in the last drowing (fig. 103), the car has almost disintegrated into an abstract representation of speed
• Place: Roma
• Image typology: graphics
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