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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 7, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Evening Sale | 8 | $****** - ****** | Concetto spaziale |
paintings
72.5 x 59.5 cm (28.54 x 23.43 in)
Oil and glass on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse
Everaert, Brussels. Dr. Hanns Hülsberg Collection, Hagen (acquired from the above before 1969). Ever since family-owned.
Hommage à Fontana, Kunst- und Museumsverein Wuppertal, Wuppertal 1969, cat. no. 9 (no illu.).
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, ed. by Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan, Brussels 1974, p. 109, no. 61 O 6 (illu. in black and white, assigned to the 1961 work group). Enrico Crispolti, Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, Milan 2006, p. 363, no. 61 O 6 (illu. in black and white, assigned to the 1961 work group and with the note "Riferibile al 1961 nonostante la data inscritta"). "My discovery is the hole - period; and after this discovery, I can die with peace of mind [.]" Lucio Fontana, 1960s, quoted from Barbara Hess, Lucio Fontana 1899-1968, Cologne 2006, p. 7. "You can say what you want about the holes, but a new and purified art movement will emerge from them [.]." Lucio Fontana, 1953, quoted from Barbara Hess, Lucio Fontana 1899-1968, Cologne 2006, p. 8. Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 17.14 h +/- 20 min.
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale
1957.
Oil and glass on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 72.5 x 59.5 cm (28.5 x 23.4 in).
• One of the first golden “Concetti spaziali”: sensory impressions of Venice, the “Golden City”.
• Early, pioneering work: from the famous work group known as the "Buchi", Fontana"s earliest "Concetti spaziali".
• Fontana"s pierced canvases, the "Buchi", are among the most important positions of international post-war modernism .
• The Museo del Nuove Cento in Milan dedicates a separate room to works from this series.
• Of museum quality: Comparable early "Concetti spaziali" are in international collections like the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
• From the important collection of Dr. Hanns Hülsberg, family-owned for over 50 years
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