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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attese

Details
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed 'l. fontana concetto spaziale ATTESE 1+1 - 374ZZ' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
28½ x 23 5/8in. (72.5 x 60cm.)
Executed in 1962
Provenance
Collection del Vayo, Caracas.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 10 February 2005, lot 19.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 62 T 11 (illustrated, p. 131).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 62 T 11 (illustrated, p. 444).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 62 T 11 (illustrated, p. 630).
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Lot Essay

'With the slash I invented a formula that I don't 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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