LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968) AND EGIDIO COSTANTINI (1912-2007) - photo 1
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LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968) AND EGIDIO COSTANTINI (1912-2007)

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$ 1 000 000
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18.05.2023 01:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 16 | LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968) AND EGIDIO COSTANTINI (1912-2007)
LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968) AND EGIDIO COSTANTINI (1912-2007)

Concetto spaziale, Aurora di Venezia; Concetto spaziale, Notturno di Venezia [Two Works]

(i) Concetto spaziale, Aurora di Venezia

signed, inscribed, numbered and dated 'L. Fontana 65 1/1 F.A. ©' (upper right)

green, yellow and purple Murano glass on aluminum board with holes and neon lighting

84 x 40 x 12 in. (213.4 x 101.6 x 30.5 cm.)

Executed in 1965.



(ii) Concetto spaziale, Notturno di Venezia

signed, inscribed, numbered and dated 'L. Fontana 65 1/1 F.A. ©' (upper right)

lilac, red and purple Murano glass on aluminum board with holes and neon lighting

84 x 40 x 12 in. (213.4 x 101.6 x 30.5 cm.)

Executed in 1965.





Provenance

Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin

Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg

Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen

Hans Neuendorf, Hamburg

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006



Literature

Italian Art in the 20th Century, exh. cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1989, p. 422 (illustrated).

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni: Tomo II, Milan, 2006, p. 928, nos. 65 OC 2 and 65 OC 3 (Concetto spaziale, Notturno di Venezia illustrated).



Exhibited

Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Sculture in vetro: La Fucina degli Angeli, 1965, nos. 28 and 29 (illustrated).

Venice, Galleria del Cavallino, Fontana, July 1966 (Concetto spaziale, Aurora di Venezia exhibited).
Artist:Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Category:Painting
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