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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2025 | Concetto spaziale, Natura [Three Works] | 1 | Sotheby's | London | |||
sculpture
43.5 x 51.5 x 50 cm (17.13 x 20.28 x 19.69 in)
bronze, in three parts
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)
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
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)
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
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.
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