LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and glitter on canvas

Measurements:

70.08 in. (178.00 cm.) (height) by 48.43 in. (123.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and titled 'l. Fontana "Concetto spaziale" "LA FINE Di Dio"' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lucio Fontana, September-November 1972, no. 66 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux, vol. II, Brussels, 1974, pp. 136-137, no. 63 FD 24 (illustrated). E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan, 1986, p. 469, no. 63 FD 24 (illustrated). E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana: catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan, 2006, pp. CCXXIII and 660, no. 63 FD 24 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Philippe Dotrémont, Brussels. Renée Lachowsky, Brussels. Private collection, Europe. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2003, lot 4. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.