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The Athlete
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The Athlete

Medium

Drypoint

Dimensions

Plate: 15 × 23 5/16 in. (38.1 × 59.2 cm) Sheet: 41 × 50 in. (104.1 × 127 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Ellen Peckham Gift, 2017

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Umberto Boccioni

1882–1916Kingdom of Italy

One of the founding theorists and practitioners of Italian Futurism. His sculpture 'Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio' (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space) remains one of the icons of the early 20th century avant-garde.