Artist: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882-1916). Title: "Figura di Spalle". Medium: Original charcoal and pencil drawing. Date: Composed 1907. Dimensions: Overall size: 9 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (241 x 219 mm). Image size: 7 x 5 1/4 in. (178 x 133 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Pale cream wove watermarked paper. Good condition; a few erased pencil annotations in the recto, slightly visible; foxing in the sheet edges. Comment(s): For a stylistically similar charcoal composition, please see 'Figura femminile che legge (o cuce),' sold for $29,630 (€21,700) at Porro & C. auctions, Milan, Italy, 11/16/2010. Probably created during the period when Boccioni took drawing classes at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. [26423-2-2400]