Live Auction 14441Thinking Italian
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Lot 127 PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale

Closed6 October 2017

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GBP 156,250

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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
incised with the artist's signature and date 'l. Fontana 59' (lower centre)
painted terracotta
12 7/8 x 17 7/8in. (32.6 x 45.5cm.)
Executed in 1959

Erna & Curt Burgauner Collection, Küsnacht.
Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Milan, 24 May 2006, lot 343.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘Man is tired of the forms of painting and sculpture. The oppressive repetitions show that these arts have stagnated in values that are extraneous to our civilization, and have no possibility of development in the future’
L. FONTANA