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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Concetto spaziale, 1954, 1954

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967

Sale Date: September 30, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale, 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, 1968

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale (from XXe siècle), 1959

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (from XXe siècle), 1959

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Lucio Fontana

"Fontana au Moderna Museet", 1967

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Lucio Fontana

"Concetto Spaziale", 1968

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Lucio Fontana

"Concetto Spaziale", 1967

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Serie Rosa, 1966

Lucio Fontana

Serie Rosa, 1966

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Concetto spaziale ovale, 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale ovale, 1968

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, 1967

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Untitled from “Serie Rosa” (Pink Series), 1966

Lucio Fontana

Untitled from “Serie Rosa” (Pink Series), 1966

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Concetto spaziale, 1966

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1966

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale (from XXe Siecle)

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (from XXe Siecle)

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), 1968

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), 1968

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Studi per Concetto spaziale, 1950

Lucio Fontana

Studi per Concetto spaziale, 1950

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Concetto spaziale, 1966–1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1966–1968

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Concetto spaziale, 1965, 1965

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Concetto Spaziale

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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Senza titolo

Lucio Fontana

Senza titolo

Sale Date: July 7, 2022

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CRISTO, 1957–1958

Lucio Fontana

CRISTO, 1957–1958

Sale Date: July 5, 2022

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STUDIO PER SAN MARTIN (O EL SANTO DE LA..., 1941

Lucio Fontana

STUDIO PER SAN MARTIN (O EL SANTO DE LA..., 1941

Sale Date: July 5, 2022

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Concetto spaziale, 1966

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1966

Sale Date: July 6, 2022

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