ID 949311
Lot 16 | LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968) AND EGIDIO COSTANTINI (1912-2007)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
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) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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