These four colour lithographs with hand-punched holes seem to be the first prints by Fontana in the pierced manner of the 'concetto spaziale' series.
Quattro Litografie di Lucio Fontana by Lucio Fontana, 1955
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana - Milan
Details
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- 50 x 39.5 cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £17,696 ( Total: £22,612)
- Acquired in:
- 2005
- Vendor:
- Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc., New York
Fontana announced his theory of 'Spazialismo' in a series of manifestos in the late 1940s where he urged artists to work in three or even four dimensions, by introducing space and time into their works. His own activity of this time prefigured later environmental and performance art.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery; private collection, America; Sotheby's, New York, 2005; Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc., New York.
Venue details
British Museum
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