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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attese

Closed14 February 2012

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GBP 769,250

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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed 'l. Fontana "Concetto Spaziale" ATTESE perché gli uomini si uccidono, Blek? [sic].' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
19¾ x 24¼in. (50.2 x 61.3cm.)
Executed in 1967

Antonio Righini, Verona.
Private Collection, Verona.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1970s.

Specialist note

'Art is eternal, but it cannot be immortal, we plan to separate art from matter, to separate the sense of the eternal from the concern with the immortal. And it doesn't matter to us if a gesture, once accomplished, lives for a second or a millennium, for we are convinced that, having accomplished it, it is eternal' (The First Spatial Manifesto signed by L. Fontana, G. Kaisserlian, B. Joppolo, M. Milan, reproduced in E. Crispolti & R. Siligato (eds.), Lucio Fontana, exh. cat., 1998, pp. 117-118).