Street Light | |
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Italian: Lampada ad arco[1] | |
Artist | Giacomo Balla |
Year | c. 1910–1911[2] | (dated 1909 on painting)
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Subject | An electric street light |
Dimensions | 174.7 cm × 114.7 cm (68.8 in × 45.2 in)[2] |
Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York City, US |
Accession | 23715 (NCSU Libraries) |
Street Light (also known as The Street Light: Study of Light and Street Lamp (Suffering of a Street Lamp)[3]) (Italian: Lampada ad arco) is a painting by Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, dated 1909, depicting an electric street lamp casting a glow that outshines the crescent moon.[4][5] The painting was inspired by streetlights at the Piazza Termini in Rome.[6][7]
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