The Street Enters the House (Boccioni)
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The Street Enters the House (La Strada Entra Nella Casa) is an oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Umberto Boccioni. Painted in the Futurist style, the work centres on a woman on a balcony in front of a busy street, with the sounds of the activity below portrayed as a riot of shapes and colours.
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Italian: La strada entra nella casa di Porta Romana a Milano, French: La rue entre dans la maison de Porta Romana à Milan | |
Artist | Umberto Boccioni |
Year | c. 1909-1910 |
Type | Oil on poplar |
Dimensions | 250 cm × 2,550 cm (100 in × 100,5 in) |
Location | Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany |
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The first public display of the painting was in Paris, in 1912, as part of the first Futurist exhibition. It is now housed in the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany.