Study for Materiality of Lights + Speed

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• Author of the reproduced work: Balla Giacomo
• Caption: 114. Study for Materiality of Lights + Speed (1913). Gouache on paper, 11 3/4 x 17 inches. Collection Lydia Winston Malbin, Birmingham, Michigan. In this study of the night-reflections of a speeding car, Balla attempted to portray the effects of moving lights, moving wheels and simultaneous reflections. The wheels in movement produce a series of vortexes. the straight lines of the windshield interpenetrate with the curved lines of speed. the car is moving from left to right and the "space-time" intervals between the curved lines of speed expand indicating that the velocity of the car has increased
• Place: Birmingham
• Year of the work: 1913
• Image typology: painting
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