Concetto spaziale

Details

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
signed and dated 'L. Fontana 55' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'l. Fontana Concetto spaziale 1955' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on canvas
36¼ x 28¾in. (92 x 73cm.)
Executed in 1955

Provenance

Paolo Marinotti, Milan.
R. Toninelli, Rome.
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne.

Literature

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 55 G 9 (illustrated, p. 54).
E. Crispolti, Fontana Catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 55 G 9 (illustrated, p. 187).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan 2006, no. 55 G 9 (illustrated, p. 343).

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Bilder, September-November 1988 (illustrated in colour, pp. 10-11).

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Lot Essay

"The discovery of the Cosmos is that of a new dimension, it is the Infinite: thus I pierce this canvas, which is the basis of all the arts and I have created an infinite dimension, an x which for me is the basis for all Contemporary Art."

--Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale

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