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Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Lucio Fontana

1899 - 1968


Concetto spaziale, Natura [Three Works]

i. incised with the initials and numbered 1/2 (on the underside)

ii and iii. incised with the initials and numbered EA (on the underside)

bronze, in three parts

i. 43.5 by 51.5 by 50 cm. 17⅛ by 20¼ by 19⅝ in.

ii. 32 by 40 by 35 cm. 12⅝ by 15¾ by 13¾ in.

iii. 29 by 39 by 36 cm. 11⅜ by 15⅜ by 14⅛ in.

i. Executed in terracotta in 1959-60 and cast in bronze at a later date. This work is number 1 from an edition of 2 plus 1 artist’s proof.

ii and iii. Executed in terracotta in 1959-60 and cast in bronze at a later date. This work is the artist’s proof aside from the edition of 2.

Concetto spaziale, Natura (59-60 N 12)

Teresita Rasini Fontana, Milan

Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome

Alexander Iolas, Athens

Acquired from the above in 1973 by the present owner


Concetto spaziale, Natura (59-60 N 22 and 59-60 N 23)

Teresita Rasini Fontana, Milan

Alexander Iolas, Athens (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above in 1973 by the present owner

Juan Eduardo Cirlot, “La nueva estetica del espacio," Correo de Las Artes, no. 27, September 1960, illustration of the terracotta example of 59-60 N 22

Luciano Budigna, "Dalla natura all'arte," Le Arti, September - October 1960, illustration of the terracotta example of 59-60 N 22

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 59-60 N 12, pp. 104-05; no. 59-60 N 22, pp. 106-07 and no. 59-60 N 23, p. 106, illustration of the terracotta examples

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 59-60 N 12, p. 353, no. 59-60 N 22, p. 355; no. 59-60 N23, p. 355, illustration of the terracotta examples

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan 2006, no. 59-60 N12, p. 532; no. 59-60 N22, p. 536; no. 59-60 N23, p. 536, illustration of the terracotta examples

Luca Massimo Barbero, Lucio Fontana Catalogo ragionato delle sculture ceramiche, vol. II, Milan 2022, no. 59-60 N12, p. 614; no. 59-60 N 22, p. 618; no. 59-60 N 23, p. 618, illustration of the terracotta examples

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, Dalla natura all’arte, 1960, (terracotta example of 59-60 N 22 exhibited)

Tokyo, Takashimaya Department Store, VI Tokyo Biennale, Italian Contemporary Sculpture, January 1961, no. 39, n.p., illustrated (terracotta example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Krefeld, Galerie Merian Edition, Lucio Fontana, 1899-1968, September - October 1973, n.p., illustrated (present examples of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N 23)

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, X Quadriennale: 2. Situazione dell’arte non figurativa, February - March 1973 (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Volterra, Volterra 73, Sculpture ambientazioni, visualizzazioni, progettazione per l’alabastro, July - September 1973 (present example of 59-60 N 12)

Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lucio Fontana, November 1974 - January 1975, no. 30, n.p. (present examples of 59-60 N 12 and N 23)

Verbania, Museo del Paesaggio, Biennale Internazionale di Sculture Contemporanea, Atipico, il Senso della Scultura, July-September 1976 (present examples of 59-60 N 22 and N 23)

Milan, Galleria Pisano, Lucio Fontana: olii, disegni, sculpture, March - April 1979 (present example of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N 23)

Tokyo, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Fontana, March 1984, no. 18 (no. 59-60 N22 and N23) and no. 22 (no. 59-60 N 12) (another example of 59-60 N 12, 22 and 23 exhibited)

Frankfurt, Galerie Neuendorf, Lucio Fontana. 60 Werke aus den Jahren 1938 bis 1966, November 1987 - January 1988, no. 38 and 40, n.p., illustrated in colour (terracotta examples of 59-60 N 12 and N 23 exhibited)

Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli, Standing Sculpture, December 1987 - April 1988, no. 95 (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun and Mitskoshi Museum; Kagoshima City Museum of Art and Nishinomiya, Otani Museum of Art, Lucio Fontana. La penetrazione dello spazio, April - November 1992, no. 73-75, pp. 107-08, iilustrated (another example of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N23 exhibited)

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Lucio Fontana, April - June 1998, no. 4/S/8, p. 307, illustrated in colour (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Milan, Galleria Blu, Lucio Fontana, Stasera inauguro la mia mostra da Palazzoli, 1999, pp. 84-85, illustrated in colour (another example of 59-60 N 22 exhibited)

Karlsruhe, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Faster! Bigger! Better!, September 2006 - January 2007, p. 122, illustrated in colour (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

London, Gagosian Gallery, Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra, March - May 2007, pp. 60-65, illustrated in colour (present examples of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N 23)