- 140
Lucio Fontana
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description
- Lucio Fontana
- Concetto Spaziale, Attesa
- signed, titled and inscribed Quella ragazza in bicicletta è amorosa... on the reverse
- waterpaint on canvas
- 65.3 by 54cm.; 25¾ by 21¼in.
- Executed in 1964.
Provenance
Galleria Farsetti, Prato
Sale: Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, 4 December 1984, Lot 651
Michel Couturier & Cie., Paris
Literature
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Generale, Vol. II, Milan 1986, p. 539, no. 64 T 120, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, Vol. II, Milan 2006, p. 725, no. 64 T 120, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, Vol. II, Milan 2006, p. 725, no. 64 T 120, illustrated
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly warmer with the white tending more to ivory in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to fully convey the three dimenionality of the slash apparent in the original.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. There are a few fine isolated hairline tension cracks to the extreme overturn edges. Upon very close inspection there is an extremely fine tiny crack to the top of the vertical slit and a minute crack to the upper left corner. A tiny speck of green pigment is visble on close inspection towards the top of the right extreme edge, original to the work's execution. Under ultraviolet light there is a tiny spot of inpainting to each of the extreme corner tips and two fine lines of inpainting in the upper left quadrant.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"The slash was not the destruction of the painting... it was a dimension beyond the painting, the freedom to conceive art through any means, through any form." (The artist in: Exhibition Catalogue, Rome, Palazzo dello Esposzioni, Lucio Fontana, 1998, p. 246)