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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Conchiglie, 1938

Lucio Fontana

Conchiglie, 1938

Sale Date: April 12, 2024

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Concetto spaziale, 1964–1966

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1964–1966

Sale Date: April 12, 2024

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Concetto spaziale, 1963–1964

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1963–1964

Sale Date: April 12, 2024

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Senza titolo, 1964, 1964

Lucio Fontana

Senza titolo, 1964, 1964

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Concetto spaziale, 1967, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1967, 1967

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Space concept, 1964

Lucio Fontana

Space concept, 1964

Sale Date: February 16, 2024

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Concetto Spaziale, 1966–1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, 1966–1968

Sale Date: April 11, 2024

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Concetto spaziale, 1965

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1965

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Concetto spaziale, 1965

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1965

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Concetto spaziale-Teatrino (Bianco), 1968

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale-Teatrino (Bianco), 1968

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Manifiesto Blanco 1946 Spazialismo, 1966

Lucio Fontana

Manifiesto Blanco 1946 Spazialismo, 1966

Sale Date: March 19, 2024

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CONCETTO SPAZIALE ( DA 40 DISEGNI DI MAESTRI , 1961

Lucio Fontana

CONCETTO SPAZIALE ( DA 40 DISEGNI DI MAESTRI , 1961

Sale Date: March 21, 2024

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CONCETTO SPAZIALE, 1968, 1968

Lucio Fontana

CONCETTO SPAZIALE, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: March 21, 2024

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CONCETTO SPAZIALE, 1968, 1968

Lucio Fontana

CONCETTO SPAZIALE, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: March 21, 2024

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DUE DONNE SEDUTE, 1939-40, 1939–1940

Lucio Fontana

DUE DONNE SEDUTE, 1939-40, 1939–1940

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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NUDO FEMMINILE SEDUTO DI PROFILO, 1939-40, 1939–1940

Lucio Fontana

NUDO FEMMINILE SEDUTO DI PROFILO, 1939-40, 1939–1940

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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NUDO FEMMINILE SEDUTO DI FRONTE, 1939-40, 1939–1940

Lucio Fontana

NUDO FEMMINILE SEDUTO DI FRONTE, 1939-40, 1939–1940

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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STUDI PER SCULTURA, 1934-35, 1934–1935

Lucio Fontana

STUDI PER SCULTURA, 1934-35, 1934–1935

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Senza titolo

Lucio Fontana

Senza titolo

Sale Date: March 16, 2024

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Ceramic Sculpture, 1953

Attributed to Lucio Fontana

Ceramic Sculpture, 1953

Sale Date: March 30, 2024

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Alfa Romeo Trophäe, 1964

Lucio Fontana

Alfa Romeo Trophäe, 1964

Sale Date: March 14, 2024

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Nudo azzurro, 1967

Lucio Fontana

Nudo azzurro, 1967

Sale Date: March 14, 2024

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Senza titolo, 1931

Lucio Fontana

Senza titolo, 1931

Sale Date: March 14, 2024

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Concetto spaziale, 1959

Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale, 1959

Sale Date: March 12, 2024

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