Lucio Fontana *
(Rosario di Santa Fe, Argentina 1899–1968 Comabbio)
Crocifissione, 1961–62, signed l. fontana, painted and glazed ceramic, 40 x 32 x 8.5 cm
Photo certificate:
Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, archive no. 2572/1
Provenance:
European Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in the 1960s)
European Private Collection
The material was attractive; I could shape a seabed, a statue or a lock of hair and impose a pure and compact colour which amalgamated in the fire. Fire was a sort of intermediary: it perpetuated form and colour […]
One spoke of primordial ceramics.
The material was shaken to the core but stable.
Lucio Fontana
22.11.2017 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 80,000.- to EUR 120,000.-
Lucio Fontana *
(Rosario di Santa Fe, Argentina 1899–1968 Comabbio)
Crocifissione, 1961–62, signed l. fontana, painted and glazed ceramic, 40 x 32 x 8.5 cm
Photo certificate:
Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, archive no. 2572/1
Provenance:
European Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in the 1960s)
European Private Collection
The material was attractive; I could shape a seabed, a statue or a lock of hair and impose a pure and compact colour which amalgamated in the fire. Fire was a sort of intermediary: it perpetuated form and colour […]
One spoke of primordial ceramics.
The material was shaken to the core but stable.
Lucio Fontana
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Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 22.11.2017 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 11.11. - 21.11.2017 |