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Concetto spaziale, Attese
Details
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed and inscribed 'Milano/Attese/2900/l. fontana' (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down on burlap
16 5/8 x 25¾in. (42.2 x 65.4cm.)
Executed in 1959
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed and inscribed 'Milano/Attese/2900/l. fontana' (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down on burlap
16 5/8 x 25¾in. (42.2 x 65.4cm.)
Executed in 1959
Provenance
Galerie Arditti, Paris.
Galerie Handschin, Basel.
Galerie Toni Brechbühl, Grenchen.
W. Riem, Grenchen.
Hans Liechti, Solothurn.
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich.
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation, New York (inv. 674).
A gift from the above to The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1983.
Galerie Handschin, Basel.
Galerie Toni Brechbühl, Grenchen.
W. Riem, Grenchen.
Hans Liechti, Solothurn.
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich.
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation, New York (inv. 674).
A gift from the above to The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1983.
Literature
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 59 T 163 (illustrated, p. 308).
Exhibited
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition, October - November 1979, no.55. This exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; La Jolla, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; Washington D. C., Carnegie Institute; Kansas, Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, October 1985 - January 1986.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, October 1985 - January 1986.
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Please note that the provenance should read:
Galerie Handschin, Basel.
Galerie Toni Brechbühl, Grenchen.
W. Riem, Grenchen.
Hans Liechti, Solothurn.
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich.
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation, New York (inv. 674).
A gift from the above to The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1983.
Please note that this work has been exhibited in:
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition, October - November 1979, no.55. This exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; La Jolla, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; Washington D. C., Carnegie Institute; Kansas, Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, October 1985 - January 1986.
Galerie Handschin, Basel.
Galerie Toni Brechbühl, Grenchen.
W. Riem, Grenchen.
Hans Liechti, Solothurn.
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich.
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation, New York (inv. 674).
A gift from the above to The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1983.
Please note that this work has been exhibited in:
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition, October - November 1979, no.55. This exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; La Jolla, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; Washington D. C., Carnegie Institute; Kansas, Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, October 1985 - January 1986.