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Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Artist

WA-00029473

PaintingExpressionismFuturism

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

19

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ643778 ULAN500012403

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

No image

60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1963

No image

Futurism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

No image

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

No image

Twentieth Century Italian Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Modern Exposition Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5455
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Mario Sironi was an Italian painter and muralist whose monumental compositions merged Futurist dynamism with a fascination for industrial form and urban geometry. Active from the 1910s onward, he developed a distinctive visual language of angular, architectonic figures set against stark industrial landscapes, establishing himself as a central figure in early twentieth-century Italian modernism. His work spans easel painting, public murals, and graphic design, characterized by a austere palette and formal severity that reflected his engagement with both avant-garde innovation and Italian Fascist visual culture. Sironi's influence extended across multiple disciplines, from painting to architectural decoration to set design.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (12)

Composition

1949 · Oil on board

80.1 × 60.1 cm (31 1/2 × 23 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Multiplication

1941 · Oil on canvas

22 1/8 x 31 1/2" (56.2 x 80 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Five Figures

1936 · Tempera on canvas

support: 451 x 603 mm

Mountains

1928 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 819 x 1079 mm frame: 1054 x 1305 x 120 mm

Mannequin

1918 · Ink on graph paper

8 1/4 x 6" (21.0 x 15.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Syphon

1916 · Gouache and printed paper on paper

support: 457 x 419 mm

Plasticity and Rhythm of a Standing Figure

1915 · Opaque watercolor and black ink over graphite on paper

5 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (14.6 × 15.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Soldier

1914 · Crayon on paper

10 5/8 x 7 3/8" (26.9 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Where the Alps Begin (recto) Sketches of Figures; Compositional Sketches (verso)

Sheet: 34.5 x 49.9 cm (13 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketches of Figures; Compositional Sketches (verso)

1900 · graphite with gouache and watercolor (much of color is unrelated to composition)

Sheet: 34.5 x 49.9 cm (13 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Where the Alps Begin (recto)

Sheet: 34.5 x 49.9 cm (13 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Multiplication (8)

Multiplication (8)

Pencil on paper

12 1/8 x 5 1/4" (30.5 x 13.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

12 published of 16 catalogued · 12 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued8 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
Tate
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Where the Alps Begin (recto)
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sketches of Figures; Compositional Sketches (verso)
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Where the Alps Begin (recto) Sketches of Figures; Compositional Sketches (verso)
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mountains
1928 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Syphon
1916 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Five Figures
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Composition (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements2

Expressionism Futurism

Collections5

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€12,000 – €18,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€8,000 – €12,000	Unsold