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Concetto spaziale, Natura (Spatial concept, Nature)
Details
LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Natura (Spatial concept, Nature)
incised with the artist's signature 'l. Fontana' (on the reverse of each part); numbered '175⁄500' (on the underside of each part)
polished brass, in two parts
each: 10 ½ x 8 5⁄8 x 8 5/8in. (26.7 x 21.9 x 21.9cm.)
Executed in 1967, this work is number one hundred and seventy five from an edition of five hundred, plus five artist's proofs.
Concetto spaziale, Natura (Spatial concept, Nature)
incised with the artist's signature 'l. Fontana' (on the reverse of each part); numbered '175⁄500' (on the underside of each part)
polished brass, in two parts
each: 10 ½ x 8 5⁄8 x 8 5/8in. (26.7 x 21.9 x 21.9cm.)
Executed in 1967, this work is number one hundred and seventy five from an edition of five hundred, plus five artist's proofs.
Provenance
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, and thence by descent.
Literature
H. Ruhé and C. Rigo, Lucio Fontana: Graphics, Multiples and More..., Amsterdam 2006, no. B-1, B-2 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 139).
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Lucio Fontana, 1970, no. 244, pl. 233 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, unpaged).
Tokyo, Tama Art University Museum, Lucio Fontana, Spatial Conception, 1990, no. 67 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 71).
Tokyo, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Multiple Show: From Duchamp to Lichtenstein, 2005, no. 28 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 52).
Milan, Amedeo Porro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Lucio Fontana Sedici sculture, Sixteen sculptures 1937-1967, 2007-2008, no. 15 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour p. 107). This exhibition later travelled to London, Ben Brown Fine Arts.
London, Imago Art Gallery, Lucio Fontana: Beyond Space, 2008, p. 92 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 93).
London, Mazzoleni, FONTANA / MELOTTI: Angelic Spaces and Infinite Geometries, 2016, p. 66 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 67 and 107).
Tokyo, Tama Art University Museum, Lucio Fontana, Spatial Conception, 1990, no. 67 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 71).
Tokyo, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Multiple Show: From Duchamp to Lichtenstein, 2005, no. 28 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 52).
Milan, Amedeo Porro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Lucio Fontana Sedici sculture, Sixteen sculptures 1937-1967, 2007-2008, no. 15 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour p. 107). This exhibition later travelled to London, Ben Brown Fine Arts.
London, Imago Art Gallery, Lucio Fontana: Beyond Space, 2008, p. 92 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 93).
London, Mazzoleni, FONTANA / MELOTTI: Angelic Spaces and Infinite Geometries, 2016, p. 66 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 67 and 107).
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