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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lot 15

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attese

Closed14 February 2012

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GBP 2,057,250

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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed 'ATTESE l. Fontana 'Concetto spaziale' a Cristina sono nati tre dentini' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
36¼ x 28¾in. (92 x 73cm.)
Executed in 1967

Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris.
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya (acquired from the above in 1979).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982.

Specialist note

'Beyond perspective... the discovery of the cosmos is a new dimension, it is infinity, so I make a hole in this canvas, which was at the basis of all the arts and I have created an infinite dimension... the idea is precisely that, it is a new dimension corresponding to the cosmos... The hole is, precisely, creating this void behind there... Einstein's discovery of the cosmos is the infinite dimension, without end. And so here we have: foreground, middleground and background... to go farther what do I have to do?... I make holes, infinity passes through them, light passes through them, there is no need to paint' (L. Fontana quoted in E. Crispolti, 'Spatialism and Informel. The Fifties', pp.144-150, E. Crispolti & R. Siligato (eds.), Lucio Fontana, exh. cat., Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Milan, 1998, p. 146).