The 20th of September Demonstration
- Author of the reproduced work: Balla Giacomo
- Caption: 153. The 20th of September Demonstration (1915). oil on canvas, 29 1/4 x 39 3/8 inches. Collection Balla, Rome. An idealized abstraction of a demonstration, held at the Porta Pia on September 20, 1915, in favor of Italian partecipation in the First World War. September 20th was an important Italian national holiday commemorating the capture of papal Rome by the Bersagliere troops in 1870. The moving red shapes stand for the red shirts of the "Garibaldini" - veterans of Garibaldi´s campaign. The hovering green shapes at the top represent the trees along the Roman wall at Porta Pia
- Place: Roma
- Year of the work: 1915
- Image typology: painting
- Instalment form
- Riffle the Instalment
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