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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lot 11 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attese

Closed13 February 2014

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GBP 1,818,500

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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed ‘l. Fontana “Concetto Spaziale” ATTESE Motta fa un po schifo...’ (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
23.3/4 x 23.3/4in. (60.1 x 60.4cm.)
Painted in 1964

Collection Attilio Sartor, Verona.
Studio Casoli, Milan.
Centro Tornabuoni, Florence.
E. Restelli, Milan.
Galleria Tornabuoni, Florence.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000.

Specialist note

‘I have succeeded in giving the spectator an impression of spatial calm, cosmic rigour, serenity and infinity’ (L. Fontana, quoted in Lucio Fontana, exh. cat., Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1998, p.250).