(Rosario di Santa Fe, Argentina 1899–1968 Comabbio)
Concetto Spaziale, 1960, signed and dated l. fontana / 60, graffiti, holes, ink and aniline on paper laid down on canvas, 46.5 x 62 cm, framed

The work is registered in the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, under the archive no. 3933/1 ex 1899/1.

It is accompanied by a letter of Fondazione Lucio Fontana to the owner (3933/1) and the correct technique of the work: “carta telata”, “paper laid down on canvas” (in photocopy).

Provenance:
Vincenzo Blasi Collection, Milan
European Private Collection

Literature:
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogo generale, Electa (ed.), Milan 1986, vol. I, p. 274 with ill.
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti ambientazioni, Skira (ed.), Milan 2006, vol. I, p. 441, no. 60 CA 2 with ill. (with wrong technique)

Creating art is one of the manifestations of man’s intelligence; it is difficult to define its limits, reasons, or needs. There cannot be a Spatialist painting or sculpture, but only a spatial concept of art. There is an art that cannot be for everyone, and this is also true of man’s other creative manifestations, humanity experiences them, and we owe our civilizations solely to this. The only freedom is intelligence.
Lucio Fontana, 1953