Concetto spaziale, Attese

Details

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed and titled 'l. Fontana concetto spaziale ATTESE 1+1 - 3XZZ3' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
28 7/8 x 21 3/8in. (73.1 x 54.1cm.)
Executed in 1961

Provenance

McRoberts & Tunnard Gallery, London.
Jiyugaoka Gallery, Tokyo.
Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid.
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York.
de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich.RPaolo Majorana, Brescia.
Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York.
Galleria Seno, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

E. Crispolti, Fontana: catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 61 T 89 (illustrated, p. 441).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 61 T 89 (illustrated, p. 625).

Exhibited

Tokyo, Jiyugaoka Gallery, Lucio Fontana, 1977.
Tokyo, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Seibu-Ikebukuro, Fontana, March 1984, no. 6 (illustrated, unpaged).
Zurich, de Pury & Luxembourg, Lucio Fontana, October-December 2002, no. 4.

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Lot Essay

'With the slash I invented a formula that I dont think I can perfect. I managed with this formula to give the spectator an impression of spatial calm, of cosmic rigour, of serenity in infinity'

(Fontana, quoted in E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan 2006, p. 105).

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