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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 5, 2025 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Evening Sale | 7 | $****** - ****** | Concetto Spaziale |
paintings
85 x 61 cm (33.46 x 24.02 in)
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse
Galleria Lombardi, Milan. Art Mari Runnqvist, Stockholm. Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 1982).
• International exhibition history and part of a German private collection of international post-war art since 1982. • Museum quality: works from this creative period are in international collections like the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York . Lucio Fontana Peintures 1960-1964, Galerie Bonnier, Lausanne, Sept./Oct. 1965 (with the label on the stretcher). reslavia-Warsaw: Breslavia, Muzeum Narodowe, Dec. 1976 - Jan. 1977; Warsaw, Centralne Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Jan./Feb. 1977; Malastrwo Wloskie 1950-1970, exhibition organized by the Quadriennale Nazionale Arte di Roma (with illu.). Pittura Italiana 1950-1970, Sala Scipka 6, Sofia, May 12-June 6, 1977; Villa Malpensata, Lugano, June-Aug. 1977, exhibition organized by the Quadriennale Nazionale Arte di Roma (with illu.). Utopia: Arte italiana 1950-1993. An exhibition of the Salzburg Festival in collaboration with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, and Galerie Taddeus Ropac, Salzburg, July 24-August 31, 1993; Paris, September 15-October 10, 1993, p. 71 and p. 134 (with illu.). On permanent loan to the Kunstmuseum Luzern (1988-1994). On permanent loan to the Kunsthalle Mannheim (1994-2007). On permanent loan to the Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart (2007-2023). Lucio Fontana Erwartung, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, October 8, 2024-January 12, 2025, p. 80, cat. no. 39 (with illu.).
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana , Catalogue raisonné of sculptures, paintings, and environments, Milan 2015, vol. I, p. 416, CR no. 60 O 15 (with ill.). - Enrico Crispolti (ed.), Lucio Fontana , Vol. II: Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnementes spatiaux, compiled by Enrico Crispolti, Brussels 1974, pp. 72/73 (with ill.). Enrico Crispolti, Fontana. Catalogo generale, Milan 1986, vol. I, p. 251 (with ill.). “ The hole is my discovery, period; and after this discovery, I may as well rest in peace [..].” Lucio Fontana , 1960s, quoted in: Barbara Hess, Lucio Fontana 1899-1968, Cologne 2006, p. 7. “Say what you want about the holes; but a new and purified artistic movement will emerge from them [..]." Lucio Fontana , 1953, quoted in: Barbara Hess, Lucio Fontana 1899-1968, Cologne 2006, p. 8. Called up: December 5, 2025 - ca. 17.12 h +/- 20 min.
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana
1899 - 1968
Concetto Spaziale
1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. 85 x 61 cm (33.4 x 24 in). [JS].
• Fontana"s canvas piercings, “Buchi,” are widely recognized as one of the most significant positions in post-war art.
• Early, seminal work: from the famous group of works “Buchi,” Fontana"s earliest “Concetti Spaziali.”
• Unique: scarce combination of “Buchi,” “Tagli,” and impasto elements.
• Captivating aesthetics: remarkable cosmic depth and plasticity thanks to the impasto black and white touches.
