Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale, Attese
signed, titled and inscribed ‘ieri è venuta a trovarmi Tro-tro Klein l. Fontana Concetto spaziale – ATTESE’ (on the reverse)
waterpaint on canvas with lacquered wood frame
26 ¾ x 79 ¾ x 2 1/8in. (68 x 202.5 x 5.5cm.)
Executed in 1965

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Provenance
Carla Panicali, Rome (acquired directly from the artist in 1965).
Her sale, Sotheby's London, 2 July 1998, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Private Important European Collection

Literature
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, Brussels 1974, vol. I, no. 65 T 77 (illustrated, p. 86); vol. II, p. 162, no. 65 T 77 (illustrated, p. 163).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo generale, Volume secondo, Milan 1986, no. 65 T 77 (illustrated, p. 574).
La Gazzetta della Arti, November - December 1988 (illustrated).
Art & Auction, vol. XII, no. 7, February 1990 (illustrated in colour, pp. 124-125).
Il Giornale dell'Arte, vol. XVI, no. 169, September 1998 (illustrated, p. 17).
E. Crispolti (ed.), Centenatio di Lucio Fontana, exh. cat., Milan, Fondazione Lucio Fontana, 1999, p. 292, no. 238 (illustrated, p. 41).
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan 2006, no. 65 T 77 (illustrated, p. 761).

Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Nul, negentienhonderd vijf en zestig, 1965, no. 2 (illustrated, unpaged).
Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Lucio Fontana: El Espacio como Exploración, 1982, p. 141, no. 72 (illustrated, pp. 90-91).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Omaggio a Lucio Fontana, 1988-1989, p. 68, no. 10 (illustrated in colour, p. 69). This exhibition later travelled to New York, The Murray and Isabella Rayburn Foundation.