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Lucio Fontana
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 EUR
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Description
- Lucio Fontana
- Concetto spaziale
- firmato
- ceramica dipinta
- diam. cm 32
- Eseguito nel 1953-55
Provenance
Galleria Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario
Condition
This work is in very good condition. There are few minor traces of dirt visible in the catalogue illustration along the perimeter. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
The work is in a plexiglas box.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Gli artisti anticipano gesti scientifici, i gesti scientifici provocano sempre gesti artistici”
(Lucio Fontana)
La ceramica si fa la nuova portavoce del concetto spaziale, segnando così una svolta all’interno della ricerca dell’artista. Fontana però non si ferma alla semplice estasi delle cose fragili e del mezzo tono, ma va oltre, con soli pochi gesti elementari. La tavoletta non basta per Fontana che sfonda la semplice superficie, aprendo una porta verso l’infinito, verso il cosmo, creando una nuova dimensione, una dimensione senza fine.
Il buco, creatore di dinamismo, diventa lo spiraglio da cui penetra l’infinito passa la luce: “Io buco la tela e da lì entro nell’infinito”.
“La mia scultura è astratta”: non ci sono parole migliori per comprendere la sua opera, se non quelle usate dallo stesso artista in una lettera indirizzata al padre, nel 1935.
“Artists anticipate scientific acts; scientific acts always cause artistic acts” (Lucio Fontana)
Ceramic becomes the new spokesperson of the Concetto Spaziale, signalling a sea change in the artist’s research. Yet Fontana does not stop at the simple pleasure of fragile and soft objects, but rather he goes beyond with only a few simple gestures.
The medium of the canvas is not enough for Fontana who breaks through the surface, opening a door onto infinity, onto the cosmos, creating a new dimension, a dimension without end. That creator of dynamism – the hole – becomes the spiral through which he penetrates infinity beyond light: “I make a hole in the canvas and from there I enter into infinity”.
“My sculpture is abstract”. What better to describe his work than to use the words of the artist himself in a letter addressed to his father in 1935.
Opera registrata presso la Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano, con il n. 953/6
(Lucio Fontana)
La ceramica si fa la nuova portavoce del concetto spaziale, segnando così una svolta all’interno della ricerca dell’artista. Fontana però non si ferma alla semplice estasi delle cose fragili e del mezzo tono, ma va oltre, con soli pochi gesti elementari. La tavoletta non basta per Fontana che sfonda la semplice superficie, aprendo una porta verso l’infinito, verso il cosmo, creando una nuova dimensione, una dimensione senza fine.
Il buco, creatore di dinamismo, diventa lo spiraglio da cui penetra l’infinito passa la luce: “Io buco la tela e da lì entro nell’infinito”.
“La mia scultura è astratta”: non ci sono parole migliori per comprendere la sua opera, se non quelle usate dallo stesso artista in una lettera indirizzata al padre, nel 1935.
“Artists anticipate scientific acts; scientific acts always cause artistic acts” (Lucio Fontana)
Ceramic becomes the new spokesperson of the Concetto Spaziale, signalling a sea change in the artist’s research. Yet Fontana does not stop at the simple pleasure of fragile and soft objects, but rather he goes beyond with only a few simple gestures.
The medium of the canvas is not enough for Fontana who breaks through the surface, opening a door onto infinity, onto the cosmos, creating a new dimension, a dimension without end. That creator of dynamism – the hole – becomes the spiral through which he penetrates infinity beyond light: “I make a hole in the canvas and from there I enter into infinity”.
“My sculpture is abstract”. What better to describe his work than to use the words of the artist himself in a letter addressed to his father in 1935.
Opera registrata presso la Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano, con il n. 953/6