Lot 45
45
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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attesa

Details
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attesa
signed and titled 'l. Fontana "Concetto Spaziale" "ATTESA"' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 3/8in. (54.8 x 46.4cm.)
Executed in 1964-65
Provenance
Lia Crippa, Milan.
Riccardo Tempestini, Prato.
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
E. Crispolti, Fontana: catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 64-65 T 51 (illustrated, p. 555).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 64-65 T 51 (illustrated, p. 739).
Exhibited
Prato, Museo Pecci, Burri e Fontana 1949-1968, April-June 1996, no. 44 (illustrated, p. 183).
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Lot Essay

'... beyond perspective... the discovery of the cosmos is a new dimension, it is infinity, so I make a hole in this canvas, which was at the basis of all the arts and I have created an infinite dimension... the idea is precisely that, it is a new dimension corresponding to the cosmos... The hole is, precisely, creating this void behind there... Einstein's discovery of the cosmos is the infinite dimension, without end. And so here we have: foreground, middleground and background... to go farther what do I have to do?... I make holes, infinity passes through them, light passes through them, there is no need to paint'

(Fontana, quoted in E. Crispolti, 'Spatialism and Informel. The Fifties', pp. 144-150, E. Crispolti & R. Siligato (eds.), Lucio Fontana, exh. cat., Milan, 1998, p. 146).

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