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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lot 171

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attese

Closed1 July 2009

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GBP 127,250

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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and dated 'l. fontana Concetto spaziale attese 1959 1+1-618' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
39¼ x 49¼in. (99.7 x 125cm.)
Painted in 1959

Galerie 59, Aschaffenburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982.

Specialist note

"I am seeking to represent the void. Humanity, accepting the idea of Infinity, has already accepted the idea of Nothingness. And today Nothingness is a mathematical formula."
(L. Fontana quoted in S. Whitfield, Lucio Fontana, London, 1999).