The City Rises

Umberto Boccioni, 1910, Museum of Modern Art

‘The City Rises’ is a work by Umberto Boccioni (Italy, 1882–1916). It is dated 1910. It is part of the collection Museum of Modern Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The avant-garde’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 301 × 199 cm. The things depicted include horse, human, man, and building.

The catalogue has 75 more works by Umberto Boccioni.

• The avant-garde