Lot 111
  • 111

Lucio Fontana

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lucio Fontana
  • Concetto Spaziale
  • signed; signed and titled on the reverse
  • waterpaint on canvas
  • 60.3 by 73.2cm.; 23¾ by 28 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1966.

Provenance

Hans Müller, Hubbelrath
Carljosef Flamm, Wittlaer / Düsseldorf
Lucien Bilinelli, Brussels

Literature

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Brussels 1974, p. 146, no. 66 B 3, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Milan 1986, p. 501, no. 66 B 3, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, Vol. II, Milan 2006, p. 691, no. 66 B 3, illustrated

Condition

Colours: The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is slightly lighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is some very minor wear to the extreme corner tips. There are a few faint handling marks to the centre of the top edge. A few faint rub marks are visible upon close inspection: a horizontal rub mark adjacent to the right vertical edge, one adjacent to the lower right edge and one to the lower left corner. There are two further faint small rub marks to the upper right corner. There are a few scattered unobtrusive minute media accretions detectable only upon close inspection. There is an extremely fine short rubmark to the left of the centre of the lower edge and two minute pinprick-sized holes to the right side of the upper left corner; the pigment of one appears to fluoresce under ultraviolet light.
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