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Lot Essay
This work is registered in the Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan, under no. 970/1.
Details
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Natura
incised with the artist's initials 'L. F.' and numbered '1/2' (on the reverse)
bronze
20¼ x 8 5/8 x 7 7/8in. (51.5 x 22 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and cast at a later date, this work is number one from an edition of two plus one artist proof
Natura
incised with the artist's initials 'L. F.' and numbered '1/2' (on the reverse)
bronze
20¼ x 8 5/8 x 7 7/8in. (51.5 x 22 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and cast at a later date, this work is number one from an edition of two plus one artist proof
Provenance
Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome.
Studio Carrieri, Martina Franca.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Milan, 20 May 2002, lot 263.
Acquired by the present owner in 2003.
Studio Carrieri, Martina Franca.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Milan, 20 May 2002, lot 263.
Acquired by the present owner in 2003.
Literature
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 59 N 28 (illustrated, pp. 102-103).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 59 N 28 (illustrated, p. 348).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan 2006, no. 59 N 28 (illustrated, p. 522).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 59 N 28 (illustrated, p. 348).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan 2006, no. 59 N 28 (illustrated, p. 522).
Exhibited
Krefeld, Galerie Merian Edition, Lucio Fontana, 1899-1968, September-October 1973 (another from the edition exhibited).
Verbania-Pallanza, Museo del Paesaggio, Biennale Internazionale di scultura contemporanea, Aptico, il senso della natura, July-September 1976 (another from the edition exhibited).
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Arte in Italia: 1960-1977, May-September 1977 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, pp. 23, 76).
Monaco-Darmstadt-Bielefeld, Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Lucio Fontana, December 1983-February 1984, no. 69 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, p. 93). This exhibition later travelled to Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, April-May 1984.
New York, Panicali Fine Art, Lucio Fontana, Works 1958-1965, October 1988, no. 5 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Verbania-Pallanza, Museo del Paesaggio, Biennale Internazionale di scultura contemporanea, Aptico, il senso della natura, July-September 1976 (another from the edition exhibited).
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Arte in Italia: 1960-1977, May-September 1977 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, pp. 23, 76).
Monaco-Darmstadt-Bielefeld, Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Lucio Fontana, December 1983-February 1984, no. 69 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, p. 93). This exhibition later travelled to Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, April-May 1984.
New York, Panicali Fine Art, Lucio Fontana, Works 1958-1965, October 1988, no. 5 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, unpaged).
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