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The Street Enters the House (La Strada Entra Nella Casa) is an 1912 oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Umberto Boccioni. Painted in the Futurist style, the work centres on a woman on a balcony in front of a busy street, with the sounds of the activity below portrayed as a riot of shapes and colours.
The first public display of the painting was in Paris, in 1912, as part of the first Futurist exhibition. It is now housed in the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany.
Futurist Sprengel Museum Umberto Boccioni Hanover Italian oil on canvas Paris Hanover, Germany