Lot 6
  • 6

LUCIO FONTANA | Nudo femminile

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lucio Fontana
  • Nudo femminile
  • inches 16.54 by 14.17, cm 42x36
  • unframed
signed, executed in 1959, ballpoint pen on cardboard. This work is registered in the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, under no. 4165/1 and it is accompanied by a photo-certificate(firmato, eseguito nel 1959, penna biro su cartoncino. Quest'opera è registrata presso la Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano, con il n. 4165/1 ed è accompagnata da certificato su fotografia)

Provenance

Studio Bellini, Milan

Exhibited

Milan, Studio Bellini, 1966

Condition

The work is in good overall condition. There is a slight undulation towards the upper right-hand margin and evidence of dirt towards the upper left-hand corner. On the reverse there are four traces of masking tape in the four corners. There are two stamps towards the lower corners. The work is mounted with two horizontal pieces of masking tape along the upper margin. (IN GENERALE L'OPERA E' IN BUONE CONDIZIONI. VI E' UNA PICCOLA PIEGATURA IN ALTO A DESTRA E UNA PICCOLA MACCHIA BIOLOGICA VERSO L'ANGOLO SUPERIORE SINISTRO. SUL RETRO VI SONO QUATTRO TRACCE DI NASTRO ADESIVO VERSO I QUATTRO ANGOLI. VI SONO DUE TIMBRI VERSO GLI ANGOLI INFERIORI. L'OPERA E' MONTATA CON DUE PEZZI ORIZZONTALI DI NASTRO ADESIVO LUNGO IL MARGINE SUPERIORE.) Please note that article 11 of General Condition of Business (Online Only) is not applicable for this lot  (Si prega di notare che l'articolo 11 delle Condizioni Generali di Vendita (Online Only) non è applicabile per questo lotto)
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