(i) Ritratto (portrait) (ii) Ritratto (portrait)

Details

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
(i) Ritratto (portrait)
(ii) Ritratto (portrait)
(i), (ii) incised twice with the artist's initials 'L.F.' (to the back left shoulder and underside)
(i), (ii) glazed ceramic
(i) 7½ x 4 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (19 x 11 x 8.5cm.)
(ii) 6½ x 5 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (16.5 x 13.5 x 8.5cm.)
(2)(i), (ii) Executed circa 1950-1955

Provenance

Private Collection, Milan.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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(i) This work is registered in the Archivio Lucio Fontana Milan, under no. 2403/6.
(ii) This work is registered in the Archivio Lucio Fontana Milan, under no. 2403/7.

(i) Ritratto (portrait) (ii) Ritratto (portrait)

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