Lot Essay
The present work is sold with a book written on twenty-two drawings of Alechinsky by Ernest Pirotte (pseudonym of Pol Bury) entitled Catalogue inopine du muse imaginaire de la ville de Binche.
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Details
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
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signed and dated 'L. fontana '51' (lower right)
silver paint on paper
19 5/8 x 13 3/8in. (50 x 34cm)
Executed in 1951
Untitled
signed and dated 'L. fontana '51' (lower right)
silver paint on paper
19 5/8 x 13 3/8in. (50 x 34cm)
Executed in 1951
Provenance
Ivan Lechien, Brussels
Acquired from the above by Stphane Janssen in the 1960s
Acquired from the above by Stphane Janssen in the 1960s
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie La Balance, Pierre Alechinsky, propos de Binche: acryliques, cires, encres, November-December 1967.
Sale room notice
Please note that this work is signed and dated 'L. Fontana 51' lower right and not lower left as stated in the catalogue and please note that the work is registered in the Fontana Archives under no. 1737/30.