Periphery [Periferia]
Umberto Boccioni
1908
![Periphery [Periferia] by Umberto Boccioni](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/periphery-periferia-nga-165957.webp)
Medium
drypoint in black
Dimensions
plate: 9 × 14.9 cm (3 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 17.2 × 23.5 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz
Accession Number
2014.102.1
About the Artist
Umberto Boccioni · 1882–1916
Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor who became the leading artist and principal theorist of the Futurist movement. Born in Reggio Calabria, he studied in Rome under the Divisionist painter Giacomo Balla and was deeply influenced by Post-Impressionism before encountering the ideas of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, whose 1909 Futurist Manifesto catalyzed Boccioni's artistic ...