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Concetto spaziale
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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
signed and titled 'l. Fontana "Concetto Spaziale"' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas and lacquered wood
43½ x 47¼ x 2 3/8 in. (110.7 x 120 x 6 cm.)
Executed in 1965
Concetto spaziale
signed and titled 'l. Fontana "Concetto Spaziale"' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas and lacquered wood
43½ x 47¼ x 2 3/8 in. (110.7 x 120 x 6 cm.)
Executed in 1965
Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 May 1996, lot 78.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 May 1996, lot 78.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A.C. Spinola, 'Fuori dalla caverna', in Artecasa, VII, no. 64, November 1965 (illustrated p. 54).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels, 1974, no. 65 TE 63 (illustrated p. 173).
E. Crispolti, Fontana, Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan, 1986, no. 65 TE 63 (illustrated p. 605).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels, 1974, no. 65 TE 63 (illustrated p. 173).
E. Crispolti, Fontana, Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan, 1986, no. 65 TE 63 (illustrated p. 605).
Exhibited
Venice, Palazzo Querini Dubois, Minimalia. Da Giacomo Balla a..., June - September 1997, p. 80 (illustrated p. 81). This exhibition later travelled to Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, January - April 1998.
Verona, Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Lucio Fontana, metafore barocche, October 2002 - March 2003, no. 54 (illustrated in colour p. 117).
Verona, Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Lucio Fontana, metafore barocche, October 2002 - March 2003, no. 54 (illustrated in colour p. 117).
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