盧齊歐·封塔納

Renée Lachowsky, Brussels

Private Collection

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner 

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Generale, Vol. II, Milan 1986, p. 458, no. 63 T 34, illustrated

Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, Vol. II, Milan 2006, p. 644, no. 63 T 34, illustrated

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly warmer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals faint handling marks in places to the extreme edges and a small and unobtrusive vertical rubmark to the centre right of the lower edge. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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“Behind Fontana’s canvas, directly through it, space opens out… Defining this space, which becomes visible, which is not made up or calculated, is as impossible as describing freedom. This is where we begin to feel space.”

Otto Piene quoted in: Feuilleton, 3 April 1962, n.p.