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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

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ID 1053110
Lot 332 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

[Concetto spaziale]

huile sur toile

148.5 x 148.5 cm.

Exécuté en 1961



oil on canvas

58 ½ x 58 ½ in.

Executed in 1961





Provenance

Ada Minola, Turin (acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1961 et puis par descendance).

Vente, Sotheby’s, Londres, 5 février 2009, lot 6.

Acquis au cours de cette vente par la famille du propriétaire actuel.



Literature

L. Moretti, M. Tapié et F. Bayl, Musée-manifeste, Structures et styles autres, Turin, 1962 (illustré, n.p.).

M. Tapié, 'Del Barocco d’Insiemi', in D'Ars Agency, Milan, janvier-avril 1965, No. 1, p. 8, no. 3 (illustré, p. 9).

G. Corsini, 'Un’opera è sempre un’alzata di fantasia, Omaggio a Mollino, Una casa torinese anni '40', in Casa Vogue, Milan, avril 1974, No. 32 (une vue in situ illustrée, p. 117).

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, Bruxelles, 1974, vol. II, no. 61 O 58 (illustré, p. 112).

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo generale, Milan, 1986, vol. I, no. 61 O 58 (illustré, p. 375).

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, Milan, 2006, vol. II, no. 61 O 58 (illustré, p. 562).



Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Strutture e stile, Pitture e sculture di 42 artisti d’Europa, America e Giappone, juin-août 1962, no. 68 (illustré, n.p.; titré 'Pittura').

Bochum, Städtische Kunstgalerie, Profile I, Michel Tapié, Strukturen und Stile, janvier-février 1963 (titré 'Peinture').



Further details

Cette œuvre fait partie du groupe de peintures de l'artiste consacrées à Venise.
Artist:Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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