Sale 5597
London
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23 May 1996
Price realised
GBP 43,300
Estimate
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) Concetto Spaziale signed, titled and dated 1965 on the reverse waterpaint on canvas and laquered wood frame 43 1/2 x 47 1/4 x 2 1/2in. (110.6 x 120 x 6.3cm.)
Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
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Literature
Enrico Crispolti, Fontana: Catalogue Raisonné, Brussels 1974, vol. II, p. 172, no. 65 TE 63 (illustrated). Enrico Crispolti, Fontana: Catalogo Generale, Milan 1986, vol. II, p. 605, no. 65 TE 63 (illustrated).
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