Lucio Fontana

Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf (acquired directly from the artist)

Private Collection, Rhineland (acquired from the above circa 1963)

Thence by descent to the present owner  

Juan Eduardo Cirlot, “Un nuevo naturalismo? De la pintura al arte,” Correo de las Artes, no. 27, September, 1960 (terracotta version)

Mario Barata, “Da naturaleza a Arte,” Prem. Stilho, 13 November, 1960 (terracotta version)

Enrico Crispolti, “Lucio Fontana,” Le Arti, no. 9-10, September, 1960 (terracotta version)

Holland Cotter, “Fontana’s Post-Dada Operatics,” Art in America, March 1987, p. 84, illustrated 

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: Catalogo Generale, Vol. I, Milan, 1986, p. 359, no. 59-60 N 38, illustrated (terracotta version)

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, Milan, 2006, Vol. I, p. 542, no. 59-60 N 38, illustrated (terracotta version)

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, Dalla natura all’arte, 1960

New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Lucio Fontana, Conquest of Space, November – December 1986, illustrated in colour (terracotta version)