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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lot 284

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attese

Closed12 October 2012

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GBP 385,250

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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed 'l. fontana concetto spaziale ATTESE 1+1-AST3' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 5/8in. (46 x 55cm.)
Executed in 1961

Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Gunter Sachs, St. Moritz (acquired from the above in the 1960s).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 22 June 2007, lot 29.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

'Einstein's discovery of the cosmos is the infinite dimension, without end. And here we have the foreground, middleground and background, what do I have to do to go further? I make a hole, infinity passes through it, light passes through it, there is no need to paint...everyone thought I wanted to destroy; but it is not true, I have constructed.'
(L. Fontana quoted in Autoritratto, Bari, 1969, p.176).