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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Lot 13
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Lot 13 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

[Concetto spaziale]

signé 'l. fontana' (en bas à droite); signé et inscrit 'l. fontana ''Concetto spaziale''' (au dos)

huile sur toile

200 x 200 cm.

Exécuté en 1960



signed 'l. fontana' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'l. fontana ''Concetto spaziale''' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

78 1/2 x 78 1/2 in.

Executed in 1960





Provenance

Collection particulière, Milan.

Acquis auprès de celle-ci par la famille du propriétaire actuel à la fin des années 1970, puis par descendance.



Literature

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Bruxelles, 1974, no. 60 B 38 (illustré, pp. 70-71).

E. Crispolti, Fontana, Catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan, 1986, no. 60 B 38 (illustré, p. 245).

E. Crispolti, R. Siligato, catalogue d'exposition, Lucio Fontana, Palazzo delle Esposizioni à Rome, Milan, 1998, no. 4/P/15 (illustré, p. 274).

Auteur collectif, Lucio Fontana, Stasera inauguro la mia mostra da Palazzoli, Milan, 1999 (illustré, p. 36; vue historique).

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo generale di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan, 2006, no. 60 B 38 (illustré, pp. L, 405).



Exhibited

Milan, Galleria Blu, Fontana, octobre-novembre 1964, no. 56 (exposé et listé au catalogue d'exposition; avec la date erronée).

Turin, Galleria Civica, Lucio Fontana, février-mars 1970, no. 200 et no. 211 (exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition, p.64; avec le medium et la date erronés).

Toyama, Toyama The Museum of Modern Art, (avril-juin); Karuizawa, The Museum of Modern Art Seibu Takanawa (juillet-septembre); Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art (septembre-octobre); Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum (octobre-novembre); Amagasaki, Seibu Tsukashin (novembre-décembre), Lucio Fontana, 1986, no. 42 (exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition, pp. 49, 114).

Palma de Majorque, Fundació La Caixa (juin-septembre); Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (septembre-novembre), Lucio Fontana, Entre matéria y espacio, avril-juin 1998, no. 74 (exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition, pp. 121, 134).



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Additional Literature:
P. Campiglio, Fontana, in "Arte e Dossier", Florence November 2008, p. 38 (illustrated)
G. Celant, Lucio Fontana, Ambienti spaziali, Milan 2012, p. 254, no. 278 (illustrated)
Artist:Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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