Provenance
Teresita Rasini Fontana, Milan
Private Collection, Italy
Sotheby’s, Milan, November 28, 2018, lot 133
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Luca Massimo Barbero, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo ragionato delle opere su cartar, vol. 2, Milan, 2013, no. 51 DSP 75, p. 575 (illustrated)

99

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale

signed and dated “Lucio Fontana 51” center right
pencil and holes on paper
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Executed in 1951, this work is registered with the Lucio Fontana Foundation, Milan under no. 321/50.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000

Sold for $40,320

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
20th Century & Contemporary Art pkoenig@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 3 March 2021

1
Matthew Wong
Horizon Light
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $126,000
2
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $60,480
3
Vaughn Spann
Dalmatian (No. 3)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
4
Firelei Báez
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,800
5
Joy Labinjo
Two Women in Conversation
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,340
6
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
The One That Got Away
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $22,680
7
Jammie Holmes
Toy Soldier
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $85,680
8
Jenna Gribbon
Julie Sleeping On The Floor (In Sarah Bowen Gallery)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $37,800
9
Brandon Landers
Baby Broodie in His Bunny Onesie with His Brown Cap Gun
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $44,100
10
Cheyenne Julien
Red Girl
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $32,760
11
Allison Zuckerman
Tavern Song
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $93,240
12
Nikki Maloof
Moonflowers Close
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $35,280
13
Jan-Ole Schiemann
MYS/MOS #3
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $40,320
14
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
Umnqobi II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $23,940
15
Awol Erizku
Dreams and Nostalgia I
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,820
16
Alex Da Corte
Hood
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,120
17
Genieve Figgis
Friends
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $103,320
18
Walter Price
Forward Progress
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,280
19
Mary Heilmann
Deco
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,200
20
McArthur Binion
Looking for White: One
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $84,420
21
Lucas Arruda
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $289,800
22
Hernan Bas
Downhill at Dusk (The Runaway)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $352,800
23
Matthew Wong
Lotus
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $1,663,500
24
Kenneth Noland
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $78,120
25
Katherine Bradford
Couples Swim
Estimate $40,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,400
26
Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $60,480
27
Katherine Bernhardt
SIX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,760
28
Jonathan Chapline
Virtual Characters, Domestic Landscape
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $126,000
29
Peter Saul
Lawd
Estimate $125,000 - 150,000
Sold for $239,400
30
Erik Parker
Think Twice
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $100,800
31
Van Hanos
Another New Years Painting
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,420
32
Mickalene Thomas
Untitled #10
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $889,100
33
Austin Lee
Collusion
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,920
34
Brian Calvin
Twilight
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,680
35No Reserve
Caitlin Keogh
Untitled (Leaves)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $21,420
36
Rebecca Warren
Yes, Olga
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,400
37
Melike Kara
Like a Promise (Two)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
38
Gareth Nyandoro
Chilling in the Black Jack
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,240
39
Angel Otero
Regata
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,100
40
Eddie Martinez
Stump Study #3 (White Out)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
41
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $69,300
42
John Madu
John in the Bedroom in Arles
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $27,720
43
Fernando Botero
Paul Cézanne Jr.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $214,200
44
Henry Taylor
Peter Eleey
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,000
45
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (Children's Dress)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $119,700
46
Jonas Burgert
Zartbleib
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $151,200
47
Pamela Rosenkranz
Drinking Water (Grip)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $35,280
48
Titus Kaphar
Fowl
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,720
49
Per Kirkeby
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $23,940
50
Adam Pendleton
System of Display, F (FITS/ Man Ray, Ady Fidelin in front of Giacometti's "Albatross," 1937)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,100
51
Jenny Holzer
Selections from the Inflammatory Essays
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,800
52
Nam June Paik
Gotherbot
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $138,600
53
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled (THE DAYS OF THIS SOCIETY IS NUMBERED)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $98,280
54
Tracey Emin
Just Love Me
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $88,200
55
Sarah Morris
The Kodak Theatre [Los Angeles]
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,600
56
Jim Lambie
Secret Affair (Gold)
Estimate $25,000 - 45,000
Sold for $30,240
57
Jim Lambie
Secret Affair (Silver)
Estimate $25,000 - 45,000
Sold for $47,880
58
Jeff Elrod
Get Off the Internet
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
59
Sam Moyer
White Water I
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,040
60
Larry Bell
SF 8.7.11B
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,200
61
Jaume Plensa
Song of Songs (Curtain U: Come my beloved...)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $138,600
62
George Rickey
Space Churn with Cams VI
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,800
63
Ai Weiwei
Forever Duo (Stainless Steel Bicycles in Gliding)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $94,500
64
John Chamberlain
Pasâdé Paar-Buckle
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $138,600
65
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,860
66
Igshaan Adams
For Those Who Know
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $88,200
67
Lucy Dodd
Palisades Cave
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,710
68
Chakaia Booker
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $59,220
69
Hannah Wilke
Untitled (Single Gum Sculpture)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,040
70
Judy Chicago
Growing Pains from the series Six Views from the Womantree
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $81,900
71No Reserve
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $6,930
72
Martin Puryear
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $20,160
73
Melvin Edwards
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,200
74
Sonia Gomes
Sem título from the series Torção
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $138,600
75
Raúl de Nieves
Recuerda ponte el casco
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,190
76
Maria Nepomuceno
Sem título
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
77
Gabriel Kuri
Waiting Spent (07)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
78
Adriano Costa
Banhista - Das G.O.D Captivator
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
79
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Tres Nuvens De Lama (Three Mud Clouds)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
80
Mariana Telleria
Estás en todos lados
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,048
81
Paulo Nazareth
Vicious Circle
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
82
Pedro Reyes
Guitarra
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,160
83
Eduardo Basualdo
Maitre et Esclave II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,560
84
Carlito Carvalhosa
Untitled (P31/11)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
85
Artur Lescher
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,240
86
Iran do Espírito Santo
Black Restless 01
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
87
Iran do Espírito Santo
Sem título (Buraco de Fechadura)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
88
Ernesto Neto
Six Works: Sem Título
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,860
89
Salvador Corratgé
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
90
Armando Morales
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
91
Belkis Ayón
Limbo
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,900
92
Antonio Seguí
Caer Parado
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,200
93
David Smith
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,788
94
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,450
95
Ralph Humphrey
For Norman
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $27,720
96
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Olive Green
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,280
97
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Green Light
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,720
98
Dan Walsh
Placebo
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
99
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $40,320
100
Kumi Sugaï
Petit Bleu
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,160
101
Larry Rivers
Crotch
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,160
102
Tom Wesselmann
Maquette for Bedroom Painting #32
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,300
103
Joan Snyder
To Transcend/The Moon
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $47,880
104
Frank Holliday
Water Tower
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
105
David Salle
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,120
106
Richard Prince
Untitled (T-Shirt)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $31,500
107
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED?)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,800
108
Adam Pendleton
It Cold
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $3,276
109
Kenny Scharf
Slapee
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $75,600
110
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
111
Devin Troy Strother
96 Niggas on That Assorted Colours
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $25,200
112
Joe Bradley
Venus
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
113
Christian Rosa
seasalt in heaven
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,900
114
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
115
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,720
116
Sterling Ruby
Soft Vortex Diptych 1
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
117
Liam Everett
Untitled (Verfeil)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
118
Liam Everett
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,080
119
Mark Flood
Lady with a Sponge
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
120
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,080
121
Alex Hubbard
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,200
122
Rob Pruitt
Suicide Painting XXI
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,900
123
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue XXIV)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,420
124
Lucien Smith
7th Heaven 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,860
125
Jon Pestoni
Cornered
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $21,420
126
Klara Lidén
Untitled (Poster Painting)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,720
127
Dan Colen
Oy Vey (3)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $25,200
128
Kathryn Andrews
Gift
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
129
Haim Steinbach
Untitled (2 toothpick holders, lamp)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,900
130
Takuro Kuwata
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,380
131
Grant Levy-Lucero
F & R Discount Store Animal Crackers
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,080
132
Nicolas Party
Blakam's Stone (Apple)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,680
133
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Cyberswirl Chrome)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,160
134
Will Ryman
Big Man with Cell Phone
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
135
Jonas Wood
Basketball
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
136
Josh Smith
Untitled (VIII)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $46,620
137
Josh Smith
Two Works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Jumping Fish (VII)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
138
Joyce Pensato
Untitled (Duck)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $18,900
139
Ida Ekblad
Eye of Providence (i-vi)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,380
140
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,080
141
Fred Tomaselli
Long Pond
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,670
142
Sol LeWitt
Vertical Lines Not Straight Not Touching
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,380
143
Alexander Calder
Little Miss Pocket
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
144
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (He Was As)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,380
145
Andy Warhol
Rolling Stones - Love you Live Bill Wyman
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,900
146
Rosemarie Trockel
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,970
147
Eric Fischl
Untitled (Man on Beach with Daughter)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $12,600
148No Reserve
Pope.L
Greek
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $5,040
149No Reserve
Pope.L
Failure Drawing No. 1001: Boat Scene
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,386
150
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
Untitled (THE TYRANNY OF COMMON SENSE HAS REACHED ITS FINAL STAGE)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
151No Reserve
Aleksandra Mir
Two works: (i) Airplanes #21 (Ethiopian); (ii) Airplanes #1 (Xiamen Airlines)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,268
152
Javier Calleja
Untitled from the series El Fin del Mundo
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
153
Robert Longo
Johnny and Jane Run from Drome Bar (SC #50)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
154
Sterling Ruby
Mapping
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,900
155
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
156
Allison Katz
Stehli's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,820
157
Arturo Herrera
Stay (Permanence)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
158
Orion Martin
Nombreflad Glycerin Bloom
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
159No Reserve
Pieter Schoolwerth
Live Free or Die
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $22,680
160
Louisa Gagliardi
Yannick
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,080
161No Reserve
Morgan Blair
I Don’t Know Man, I’m Just Telling You What Ken Purdy the Cruise Director Told Me, So If I Were You I’d Be Throwing All My Books in the Incinerator Right Now Because the Earth Is Flat, My Friend
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
162
Todd Bienvenu
Toddy as Sisyphus
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
163
Thomas Eggerer
Aquarium
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,710
164
Carole A. Feuerman
Kiss
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
165
Zhang Huan
Ash Head No. 28
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
166
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond (Water Child)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,710
167
Alec Soth
Falls 34
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,300
168
Ugo Rondinone
No. 182 SECHSTERAPRILZWEITAUSENDUNDNULL
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,680
169
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Mirror Study (OX5A7431)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
170
Nan Goldin
Bruce in his car, NYC
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,820
171
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
172
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Marilyn
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,450
173
Mirosław Bałka
The Fall
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
174
Roni Horn
Untitled (Kitty Cat)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,970
175
Katja Novitskova
Approximation VI
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,600
176
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Metal Fucking Rats with Heart Shaped Tail
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
177
Djordje Ozbolt
Star of Bethlehem
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,560
178
Sudarshan Shetty
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
179
Juan Uslé
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,600
180
Elizabeth Neel
Arms Were Legs
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,080
181
Matthew Chambers
Providing Superbly Articulate Answers While Not Raising Questions
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,269
182No Reserve
Rebecca Purdum
Blue Edge
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $5,292
183
Kcho
Illuminados
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
184
Adam Henry
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,780
185
Emil Lukas
Square Bouquet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,240
186
Angelo Filomeno
Abyss
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,190
187
Mauro Perucchetti
Untitled 1 - Heart Attack
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
188
Josh Sperling
Squiggle #5
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,320

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Literature

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Lucio Fontana

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