| Iridescent Interpenetration | |
| Other Language 1: | Italian |
| Other Title 1: | Compenetrazione iridiscente |
| Artist: | Giacomo Balla |
| Year: | – |
Iridescent Interpenetration (it|Compenetrazione iridiscente) is the title of several artworks and studies in a series by Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, created between 1912 and 1914, which feature intersecting triangles and other geometric patterns in kaleidoscopic color.
In Iridescent Interpenetration, Balla attempts to separate the experience of light from the perception of objects as such, in an approach he had experimented with in Welcome to Düsseldorf. The works suggest an extension of the pictured surface beyond the borders of the frame.
The earliest known study in the series was on a postcard which Balla mailed to his friend and student Gino Galli on November 21, 1912. He referred to the images as Italian: iride ('spectrum' or 'rainbow').
Works in the series include:
| Title | Year | Dimensions | Material | Gallery | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridescent Interpenetration No. 1 | 1912 | 99× | oil and wax crayon on canvas | Lydia Winston Malbin Collection | ||
| Compenetrazione iridiscente n. 4 – studio della luce (Iridescent Interpenetration No. 4 – Study of light) | 1912 or 1913 | 49.5x | oil and pencil on paper | Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy | ||
| Iridescent Interpenetration No.5 – Eucalyptus | 1914 | NaN× | oil on canvas | |||
| Iridescent Interpenetration No. 7 | 1912 | NaN× | oil on canvas | Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy | ||
| Iridescent Interpenetration | 1913 | 25x | ||||
| Iridescent Compenetration | 1913 | watercolor on paper | private collection | |||
| Compenetrazione iridescente n. 13 (Iridescent Interpenetration No.13) | 1914 | |||||
| Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente | 1912 | NaN× | pencil and watercolor on paper | Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy | ||
| Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente (dai Taccuini di Düsseldorf) (Iridescent interpenetration [from the Düsseldorf notebooks]) | 1912 | NaN× | pencil and watercolor on paper | Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy | ||
| Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente n. 2 (Iridescent Interpenetration no. 2) | 1912 | NaN× | pencil and watercolor on paper | Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy |