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80.5 x 75.5 x 25.5 cm. (31.7 x 29.7 x 10 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

The artwork in question was Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) by prominent Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni. Activists from the Ultima Generazione group glued themselves to the plinth of ...