Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1955. Oil and glass on canvas, 51 x 75 cm. Signed and dated (lower right): “L. Fontana, ’55“; signed, titled and dated (on the reverse): L. Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1955". Courtesy MAZZOLENI at TEFAF Maastrich 2023

Provenance: Private Collection, Paris (186/48)
Galerie Michel Couturier, Paris
Galleria Medea, Milan
Galleria Seno, Milan (11/50)
Private Collection, Milan (1983)

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) founded his poetics of “Spatialism” on the analysis of the virtual space (the space of the artwork), which the artist tries to intersect with the real space. This process is oriented in two different directions: one is the informal, multi-material “baroque,” which inverts the space of the work towards the spectator. In such series - such as “Pietre” (“Stones,” 1952-56) - the surfaces are enriched with fragments of glass and precious stones.