The Milliner

Gallery 272, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (Alchin/Marryatt Gallery)

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The Milliner

1910-1911

Gino Severini (Italian, 1883–1966)

This effervescent painting of a young hatmaker strolling in the street was included in the first Futurist exhibition in Paris, held in February 1912. It conveys a sense of whirling motion through a combination of shifting planes of color and repeated elements of the hatmaker’s figure. Italian Futurism celebrated the speed, fragmentation, and sensory overload of modern cities.

Gallery 272, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (Alchin/Marryatt Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

The Milliner
La Modiste

Date:

1910-1911

Artist:

Gino Severini (Italian, 1883–1966)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

25 1/2 x 19 inches (64.8 x 48.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Sylvia and Joseph Slifka, 2004

Accession Number:

2004-45-2

Geography:

Possibly made in Civray, France, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 272, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (Alchin/Marryatt Gallery)

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