Live Auction 10863Essl: 44 Works
LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
Lot 31

LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attesa

Closed13 October 2014

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GBP 830,500

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LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attesa
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'l.fontana "Concetto Spaziale" ATTESA 1960 1 + 1-3310' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
34½ x 32in. (100.2 x 81cm.)
Executed in 1960

McRoberts and Tunnard Gallery, London.
Galleria Blu, Milan.
Private Collection, Cologne.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s Milan, 28 May 1996, lot 186.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘With the slash I invented a formula that I don’t think I can perfect. I managed with this formula to give the spectator an impression of spatial calm, of cosmic rigour, of serenity in infinity’ (L. Fontana, quoted in E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan, 2006, p. 105)