1910
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Woman Reading [Donna che legge] is a 1910 ink by Umberto Boccioni, depicting Reading, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a woman in profile, reading a book by dim light. The lines are scratchy and uneven, like she’s lost in the words. Her face has detail but the background is almost blank. It’s not flashy. Boccioni made just a few etchings like this before focusing on sculpture and painting. You can see the drypoint marks—those are the scratches he carved into the metal plate. Try this next: look up Umberto Boccioni’s paintings to see how his style changed.
Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the…
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
![Mia madre che lavora [My Mother Working]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ce84f1205dd9eec1/thumb.webp)
![Periphery [Periferia]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ea91379039261e85/thumb.webp)
