Property from a Distinguished American Collection
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attese
Auction Closed
March 4, 08:29 PM GMT
Estimate
3,200,000 - 5,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Lucio Fontana
1899 - 1968
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed Oggi è una belissima giornata di sole [Today is a beautiful sunny day] (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas
81.3 by 65.1 cm. 32 by 25⅝ in.
Executed in 1965.
Mafalda Bacci Balducci Collection, Milan
Brerarte, Milan, 27 October 1986, lot 75
Albert Totah Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)
Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above in 2002)
Acquired from the above in May 2003 by the present owner
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold, January – April 2019, no. 87, p. 187, illustrated in colour (titled Spatial Concept, Expectations)
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures, Sculptures et Environnements Spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 65 T 119, pp. 166-67, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 65 T 119, p. 581, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 65 T 119, p. 767, illustrated
