Lucio Fontana - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Italy
    Dorotheum, Vienna, November 24, 2011, lot 1404
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Lucio Fontana, February 5 - March 28, 1970, nos. 233, 234, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Tokyo, Tema Art University Museum, Lucio Fontana, 1899-1968: Spatial Conception, April 9 - June 1, 1990, no. 67, pp. 71, 107 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Milan, Amedeo Porro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea; London, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Lucio Fontana: Sedici Sculture/Sixteen Sculptures, 1937-1967, December 12, 2007 - May 2008, no. 15, pp. 106-107 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    London, Imago Art Gallery, Lucio Fontana: Beyond Space, October 16 - December 20, 2008, (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    Harry Ruhé and Camillo Rigo, Lucio Fontana: graphics, multiples and more..., Amsterdam, 2006, nos. B-1, B-2, p. 139 (another example illustrated)

341

Concetto Spaziale Natura

each incised with the artist's signature, stamp and number "L Fontana 492/500" on the reverse
polished brass, in 2 parts
each 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1967, this work is number 492 from an edition of 500 plus 5 artist's proofs, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for $143,750

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session

New York Auction 15 November 2017