Concetto spaziale, Attese

Details

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed 'l. fontana concetto spaziale ATTESE 1+1-AST3' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 5/8in. (46 x 55cm.)
Executed in 1961

Provenance

Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Gunter Sachs, St. Moritz (acquired from the above in the 1960s).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 22 June 2007, lot 29.
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. 61 T 11 (illustrated, p. 126).
E. Crispolti, Fontana Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 61 T 11 (illustrated, p. 425).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 61 T 11 (illustrated, p. 61).

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

'Einstein's discovery of the cosmos is the infinite dimension, without end. And here we have the foreground, middleground and background, what do I have to do to go further? I make a hole, infinity passes through it, light passes through it, there is no need to paint...everyone thought I wanted to destroy; but it is not true, I have constructed.'
(L. Fontana quoted in Autoritratto, Bari, 1969, p.176).

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