Concetto spaziale

Details

LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
incised with the artist's signature 'L. Fontana' (lower right)
holes, tears and graffiti on white blotting paper
18 1⁄8 x 23 1⁄8 in. (46.1 x 58.7 cm.)
Executed in 1966-1968.

Provenance

Jef Verheyen and Dani Franque, acquired directly from the artist
Their sale; Sotheby's, Milan, 22 May 2007, lot 238
Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008

Literature

L. M. Barbero, ed., Lucio Fontana, Catalogo ragionato delle opere su carta, Tomo III, Milan, 2013, p. 971, no. 66-68 DSP 92 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs, January-May 2011, pp. 144-145, no. 58 (illustrated).

Further details

This work is registered in the Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan under no. 1411⁄7.

Sale room notice

Please note the inscription details for the work are "incised with the artist's signature 'L. Fontana' (lower right)