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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 19, 2008 | Christie's | London | Post war and Contemporary (Evening Sale) | 11 | Estimates not disclosed | Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio |
paintings
177.6 x 122.5 cm (69.92 x 48.23 in)
oil and glitter on canvas
signed 'l. Fontana' (on the reverse); numbered and titled 'N 5 "LA FINE DI DIO"' (on the stretcher)
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris. Collection René de Montaigu, Paris. Acquired from the above by Philippe and Denyse Durand-Ruel in 1970 and thence by descent to the present owner.
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Lucio Fontana, June-September 1970, no. 67 (illustrated, unpaged). New York, Gallery Pierre Cardin, 1950-1980-European Trends in Modern Art-One Hundred Paintings, October-November 1980. This exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Espace Pierre Cardin. Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Passions Privées, December 1995-March 1996, no. 10 (illustrated, p. 458). Paris, Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre George Pompidou, L'informe, mode d'emploi, May-August 1996 (illustrated in colour, p. 107). London, Hayward Gallery, Lucio Fontana, October 1999-January 2000, no. 98 (illustrated in colour, p. 168). Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Le noir est une couleur, June-November 2006 (illustrated, p. 136). Paris, Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les traces du sacré, May-August 2008 (illustrated in colour, p. 71).
A. Crespo, "El pensiamento y la obra de Lucio Fontana", in Forma Nueva/el Inmueble, no. 14, Madrid-Barcelona, March 1967 (illustrated, p. 55). E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 63 FD 23 (illustrated, p. 137). E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 1986, no. 63 FD 23 (illustrated, p. 469). E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 63 FD 23 (illustrated, p. 660).
