Lucio Fontana

(Argentine/Italian, 1899–1968)

Lucio Fontana was an Argentine-Italian artist known as the founder of Spatialism. The movement focused on the spatial qualities of sculpture and paintings with the goal of breaking through the two-dimensionality of the traditional picture plane. He was best known for his monochrome canvases known as Concetti Spaziale that he would cut or puncture, leaving distinctive gaping slash marks and holes that imbued the finished work with an almost violent energy. In his seminal writing, White Manifesto (1946), the artist traced ideas for creating a new medium that blended architecture, painting, and sculpture. “I do not want to make a painting; I want to open up space, create a new dimension, tie in the cosmos, as it endlessly expands beyond the confining plane of the picture,” he said of his work. Born on February 19, 1899 in Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina, the painter and sculptor spent his career traveling between Argentina and Italy. Fontana had widespread impact on the following generation of artists, who began to use installation media more aggressively to address the dynamics of space in gallery environments and Land Art. Fontana died on September 7, 1968 in Varese, Italy at the age of 69, just two years after being awarded the Grand Prize for painting at the Venice Biennale. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Kunstmuseum in Basel, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, among others.

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Untitled, 1952–1953

Lucio Fontana

Untitled, 1952–1953

Sale Date: September 27, 2023

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Sei acquaforti originali di Lucio Fontana, 1964

Lucio Fontana

Sei acquaforti originali di Lucio Fontana, 1964

Sale Date: September 24, 2023

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Concetto Spaziale (Noir avec trous extérieurs), 1963

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (Noir avec trous extérieurs), 1963

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Concetto Spaziale, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, 1967

Sale Date: September 27, 2023

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Spatial concept, 1964–1965

Lucio Fontana

Spatial concept, 1964–1965

Sale Date: September 15, 2023

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Concetto Spaziale (Pink), 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (Pink), 1968

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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Serie Rosa

Lucio Fontana

Serie Rosa

Sale Date: April 12, 2023

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Il prato del silenzio, 1956, 1956

Lucio Fontana

Il prato del silenzio, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Concetto Spaziale L-29, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale L-29, 1967

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Sale Date: July 20, 2023

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Concetto spaziale (vite)

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale (vite)

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

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Concetto spaziale, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1967

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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PALLINE

Lucio Fontana

PALLINE

Sale Date: July 11, 2023

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Disco spaziale, 1966–1967

Lucio Fontana

Disco spaziale, 1966–1967

Sale Date: July 6, 2023

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Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967

Sale Date: July 4, 2023

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Ambiente spaziale, 1949

Lucio Fontana

Ambiente spaziale, 1949

Sale Date: July 4, 2023

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Concetto spaziale, 1966–1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1966–1967

Sale Date: July 4, 2023

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Crocifisso, 1955–1956

Lucio Fontana

Crocifisso, 1955–1956

Sale Date: July 4, 2023

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Studio per parete spaziale, 1957

Lucio Fontana

Studio per parete spaziale, 1957

Sale Date: July 4, 2023

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Concetto Spaziale, 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, 1968

Sale Date: July 15, 2023

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Disco spaziale (arancione), 1966–1967

Lucio Fontana

Disco spaziale (arancione), 1966–1967

Sale Date: June 28, 2023

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Concetto spaziale, 1959

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1959

Sale Date: June 28, 2023

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Concetto Spaziale (grün)

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (grün)

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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Fontana, 1966

Lucio Fontana

Fontana, 1966

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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