Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968), Concetto Spaziale. Courtesy Sotheby's

signed; signed and titled on the reverse, oil on canvas; 82 by 100cm. Estimate 400,000—600,000 GBP. Unsold

Executed in 1962.

PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

EXHIBITED: Rome, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Burri Cagli Fontana Guttuso Moreni Morlotti, 1967, p. 285, illustrated
Rome, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Visíon, 1969, illustrated
Pontedera, Palazzo Scuola Media Curtatone e Montanara; Ferrara, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti; Milan, Palazzo Reale, I Pittori Italiani dopo il Novecento, 1969-70, pp. 68 and 71, illustrated
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Fontana, 1994-95, p. 15, pl. 77, illustrated in colour
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle; Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Lucio Fontana. Retrospektive, 1996-97, pp. 142 and 221, no. 100, illustrated in colour
Saint Paul de Vence, Galerie Pascal Retelet, Lucio Fontana Oeuvres. Ugo Mulas Photographies, 2000, pp. 110-11, illustrated in colour

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Enrico Crispolti, Omaggio a Fontana, Assisi and Rome 1971, p. 190, pl. 169, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné, Brussels 1974, Vol. II, pp. 186, no. 62 O 29, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Generale, Milan 1986, Vol. I, p. 396, no. 62 O 29, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato, Milan 2006, Vol. II, p. 580, no. 62 O 29, illustrated

Sotheby's. Contemporary Art Evening Auction, 15 Feb 11, London www.sothebys.com