Giacomo Balla 'Mercury Passing Before the Sun' - 1914

"In this painting Balla attempts to project the entire futuristic thoughts of the universal dynamics in the cosmos. It is a vision of the universe with large circular movements of the astral systems, crossed by swirls, radiation and force fields. It is an attempt to synthesize the perception of reality, by which speed and modern understanding of nature, is much more involved than in the past and which also involve the non-visible, from which futurism derives."- Werner Haftmann, Painting in the 20th century, Rotterdam 1965

Tempera on paper lined with canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Gianni Mattioli Collection, location: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

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Franz Marc 'In the Rain' - 1912

"Franz Marc is fully aware of the relativity of the possibility of human life in this world, related to an objective certainty of existence. From this awereness arise his painting. "- Werner Haftmann, Painting in the 20th century, Rotterdam 1965

“Im Regen” by Franz Marc > ooc, 81 x 106 cm, location: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, German