Oil, mixed media and applied pieces of glass on canvas. 100 x 80 cm
(39 ⅜ x 31 ½ in.). Signed and dated lower right: l. Fontana 56. Titled, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse: „Concetto Spaziale“ l. Fontana 1956. Catalogue raisonné: Crispolti 56 P 35. A label of the gallery D' Arte del Naviglio, Milan on the frame on the reverse. Small losses. Framed
Addendum/Erratum
In contrast to what is stated in the catalogue raisonné the painting was not exhibited in the Fontana exhibition 1987/88 in the Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt a.M..
EUR 300,000
- 500,000
USD 427,000
- 712,000
Sold for:
1,000,400 EUR (incl. premium)
auctions 182-186
Collection Dolf Selbach, 27 May 2011
Exhibition
Lucio Fontana. 60 Werke aus den Jahren 1938 bis 1966. Frankfurt a.M., Galerie Neuendorf, 1987/88, cat. no. 15, with colour ill.
Literature and illustration
Enrico Crispolti: Lucio Fontana: Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux (Vol. II). La connaissance, Brussels 1974, p. 40/41 ill. / Auction catalogue: Auction 455. Rome, Finarte, 22.11. 1983, no. 145, p. 53 ill. / Arte all' incanto. Mercato e prezzi dell' arte e dell' antiquariato alle aste Finarte 1983/84. Longanesi & C., Mailand 1984, p. 221 ill. / Enrico Crispolti: Lucio Fontana. Catalogo Generale. Vol. I. Electa, Mailand 1986, p. 145 with ill.
