Umberto Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space Sculpture*The Met Store Online

An art-inspired gift for the home.

This striking sculpture reproduces Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, a monumental bronze sculpture created by the Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) in 1913 and cast in 1950. The work’s dynamism and energy reflects the Futurists’s celebration of the fast pace and mechanical power of the modern world; as such, the figure’s marching silhouette appears deformed by speed, while its sleek metal contours allude to machinery. Believing that modern technological warfare would shatter Italy’s obsession with the classical past, the Futurists campaigned for Italy’s entry into World War I on the side of the Allies. Boccioni was tragically killed in action in 1916 at the age of 34.