Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attesa

Price realised GBP 1,986,500
Estimate
GBP 1,200,000 – GBP 1,600,000
Closed: 18 Oct 2013
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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)

Concetto spaziale, Attesa

Price realised GBP 1,986,500
Closed: 18 Oct 2013
Price realised GBP 1,986,500
Closed: 18 Oct 2013
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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attesa
signed, titled and inscribed 'l. Fontana 'Concetto Spaziale' ATTESA il 'Flauto Magico' di Mozart, che meraviglia!! Mi fa male la gamba destra o quella sinistra?' (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
36¼ x 28¾in. (92.1 x 73cm.)
Executed in 1967
Provenance
Adolf Neumeier, Rome.
Studio Condotti, Rome.
Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan.
Tornabuoni Arte, Florence.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spaciaux, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 67 T 52, p. 192 (illustrated, p. 193).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 67 T 52 (illustrated, p. 664).
Lucio Fontana, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou. Musée national d'art moderne, 1987-1988 (reverse illustrated, p. 337).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 67 T 52 (illustrated, p. 858).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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