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Tavoletta graffita
Details
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Tavoletta graffita
signed and dated 'l.fontana 31' (lower right)
painted plaster
9 3/8 x 11½in. (24.5 x 29cm.)
Executed in 1931
Tavoletta graffita
signed and dated 'l.fontana 31' (lower right)
painted plaster
9 3/8 x 11½in. (24.5 x 29cm.)
Executed in 1931
Provenance
Bruno Herlitzka, Rome.
Galleria Ippolito Simonis, Turin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1989.
Galleria Ippolito Simonis, Turin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1989.
Literature
M. Tapié, Devenir de Fontana, Turin, 1961 (illustrated in colour p. 31).
F. De Bartolomeis, Segno-Antidisegno di Lucio Fontana, Turin, 1967, no. 34 (illustrated p. 67).
G. Ballo, Lucio Fontana: idea per un ritratto, Turin, 1970, no. 35 (illustrated p. 38).
Bolaffi & Mondadori (eds.), BolaffiArte, vol. III, March 1972, Turin, no. 18 (illustrated in colour p. 53).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels, 1974, no. 31 SC 17 (illustrated p. 13).
E. Crispolti, Fontana, Catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan, 1986, no. 31 SC 17 (illustrated p. 47).
E. Crispolti, Fontana, Milan, 1999, no. 20 (illustrated in colour p. 105).
F. De Bartolomeis, Segno-Antidisegno di Lucio Fontana, Turin, 1967, no. 34 (illustrated p. 67).
G. Ballo, Lucio Fontana: idea per un ritratto, Turin, 1970, no. 35 (illustrated p. 38).
Bolaffi & Mondadori (eds.), BolaffiArte, vol. III, March 1972, Turin, no. 18 (illustrated in colour p. 53).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels, 1974, no. 31 SC 17 (illustrated p. 13).
E. Crispolti, Fontana, Catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan, 1986, no. 31 SC 17 (illustrated p. 47).
E. Crispolti, Fontana, Milan, 1999, no. 20 (illustrated in colour p. 105).
Exhibited
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Lucio Fontana, April-June 1972, no. 8 (illustrated p. 53).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lucio Fontana, September-November 1972, no. 2.
Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, X Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma. Situazione dell'arte non figurativa, February-March 1973 (illustrated p. 198).
Paris, Musée national d'art contemporain, Lucio Fontana, October 1987-January 1988 (illustrated in colour p. 133). This exhibiton later travelled to Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Pensiones, February-March 1988; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, April-June 1988; and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, July-September 1988.
Turin, Galleria Ippolito Simonis, Arp-Fontana-Melotti, 1989, no. 6.
London, Hayward Gallery, Lucio Fontana, October 1999-January 2000, no. 6 (illustrated in colour p. 57).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lucio Fontana, September-November 1972, no. 2.
Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, X Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma. Situazione dell'arte non figurativa, February-March 1973 (illustrated p. 198).
Paris, Musée national d'art contemporain, Lucio Fontana, October 1987-January 1988 (illustrated in colour p. 133). This exhibiton later travelled to Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Pensiones, February-March 1988; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, April-June 1988; and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, July-September 1988.
Turin, Galleria Ippolito Simonis, Arp-Fontana-Melotti, 1989, no. 6.
London, Hayward Gallery, Lucio Fontana, October 1999-January 2000, no. 6 (illustrated in colour p. 57).
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