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September 17, 08:12 PM GMT

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1,000,000 - 1,500,000 GBP

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Lucio Fontana

1899 - 1968


Concetto spaziale, Natura [Three Works]

i. incised with the initials and numbered 1/2 (on the underside)

ii and iii. incised with the initials and numbered EA (on the underside)

bronze, in three parts

i. 43.5 by 51.5 by 50 cm. 17⅛ by 20¼ by 19⅝ in.

ii. 32 by 40 by 35 cm. 12⅝ by 15¾ by 13¾ in.

iii. 29 by 39 by 36 cm. 11⅜ by 15⅜ by 14⅛ in.

i. Executed in terracotta in 1959-60 and cast in bronze at a later date. This work is number 1 from an edition of 2 plus 1 artist’s proof.

ii and iii. Executed in terracotta in 1959-60 and cast in bronze at a later date. This work is the artist’s proof aside from the edition of 2.

Concetto spaziale, Natura (59-60 N 12)

Teresita Rasini Fontana, Milan

Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome

Alexander Iolas, Athens

Acquired from the above in 1973 by the present owner


Concetto spaziale, Natura (59-60 N 22 and 59-60 N 23)

Teresita Rasini Fontana, Milan

Alexander Iolas, Athens (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above in 1973 by the present owner

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, Dalla natura all’arte, 1960, (terracotta example of 59-60 N 22 exhibited)

Tokyo, Takashimaya Department Store, VI Tokyo Biennale, Italian Contemporary Sculpture, January 1961, no. 39, n.p., illustrated (terracotta example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Krefeld, Galerie Merian Edition, Lucio Fontana, 1899-1968, September - October 1973, n.p., illustrated (present examples of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N 23)

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, X Quadriennale: 2. Situazione dell’arte non figurativa, February - March 1973 (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Volterra, Volterra 73, Sculpture ambientazioni, visualizzazioni, progettazione per l’alabastro, July - September 1973 (present example of 59-60 N 12)

Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lucio Fontana, November 1974 - January 1975, no. 30, n.p. (present examples of 59-60 N 12 and N 23)

Verbania, Museo del Paesaggio, Biennale Internazionale di Sculture Contemporanea, Atipico, il Senso della Scultura, July-September 1976 (present examples of 59-60 N 22 and N 23)

Milan, Galleria Pisano, Lucio Fontana: olii, disegni, sculpture, March - April 1979 (present example of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N 23)

Tokyo, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Fontana, March 1984, no. 18 (no. 59-60 N22 and N23) and no. 22 (no. 59-60 N 12) (another example of 59-60 N 12, 22 and 23 exhibited)

Frankfurt, Galerie Neuendorf, Lucio Fontana. 60 Werke aus den Jahren 1938 bis 1966, November 1987 - January 1988, no. 38 and 40, n.p., illustrated in colour (terracotta examples of 59-60 N 12 and N 23 exhibited)

Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli, Standing Sculpture, December 1987 - April 1988, no. 95 (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun and Mitskoshi Museum; Kagoshima City Museum of Art and Nishinomiya, Otani Museum of Art, Lucio Fontana. La penetrazione dello spazio, April - November 1992, no. 73-75, pp. 107-08, iilustrated (another example of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N23 exhibited)

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Lucio Fontana, April - June 1998, no. 4/S/8, p. 307, illustrated in colour (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

Milan, Galleria Blu, Lucio Fontana, Stasera inauguro la mia mostra da Palazzoli, 1999, pp. 84-85, illustrated in colour (another example of 59-60 N 22 exhibited)

Karlsruhe, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Faster! Bigger! Better!, September 2006 - January 2007, p. 122, illustrated in colour (another example of 59-60 N 12 exhibited)

London, Gagosian Gallery, Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra, March - May 2007, pp. 60-65, illustrated in colour (present examples of 59-60 N 12, N 22 and N 23)

Juan Eduardo Cirlot, “La nueva estetica del espacio," Correo de Las Artes, no. 27, September 1960, illustration of the terracotta example of 59-60 N 22

Luciano Budigna, "Dalla natura all'arte," Le Arti, September - October 1960, illustration of the terracotta example of 59-60 N 22

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Brussels 1974, no. 59-60 N 12, pp. 104-05; no. 59-60 N 22, pp. 106-07 and no. 59-60 N 23, p. 106, illustration of the terracotta examples

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 59-60 N 12, p. 353, no. 59-60 N 22, p. 355; no. 59-60 N23, p. 355, illustration of the terracotta examples

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, vol. I, Milan 2006, no. 59-60 N12, p. 532; no. 59-60 N22, p. 536; no. 59-60 N23, p. 536, illustration of the terracotta examples

Luca Massimo Barbero, Lucio Fontana Catalogo ragionato delle sculture ceramiche, vol. II, Milan 2022, no. 59-60 N12, p. 614; no. 59-60 N 22, p. 618; no. 59-60 N 23, p. 618, illustration of the terracotta examples