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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 16, 2014 | Christie's | London | The Italian Sale | 134 | $****** - ****** | Concetto Spaziale |
sculpture
90 cm (35.43 in)
painted aluminium
signed 'l Fontana' (on the reverse)
Alexander Iolas, Athens.Malborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome. Acquired from the above by the grandfather of the presentowner and thence by descent to the present owner.
T. Trini, "Fontana dalla scienza all'utopia", in Domus, Milan, October 1968 (illustrated in colour).E. Crispolti, "L'avventura di Fontana", in Arte Illustrata, Milan, July-December 1968 (illustrated, p. 85).The Geijutsu Shincho, n. 12, Tokyo 1968 (illustrated, p. 65).E. Crispolti, Omaggio a Fontana, Assisi-Rome 1971, no. 247-248 (illustrated, p. 226).E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. I, Brussels 1974,no. 67 SC 1 (illustrated, p. 96); vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 67 SC 1 (illustrated, p. 206).E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 67 SC 1 (illustrated, p. 710). E. Crispolti, Carriera "barocca" di Fontana. Taccuino critico 1959-2004 e Carteggio 1958-1967, Milano 2004 (illustrated, p. 87).E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 67 SC 1 (illustrated, p. 906).Lucio Fontana: retrospective, Paris, Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2014, no. 205 (illustrated in colour, p. 253).
