Concetto spaziale

Details

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
incised with the artist's signature and date 'l. Fontana 59' (lower centre)
painted terracotta
12 7/8 x 17 7/8in. (32.6 x 45.5cm.)
Executed in 1959

Provenance

Erna & Curt Burgauner Collection, Küsnacht.
Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Milan, 24 May 2006, lot 343.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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.

Further Details

This work is registered in the Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan, under no. 1900/151.

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Lot Essay

‘Man is tired of the forms of painting and sculpture. The oppressive repetitions show that these arts have stagnated in values that are extraneous to our civilization, and have no possibility of development in the future’
L. FONTANA

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