Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967
Each: signed and numbered (on the underside)
Polished bronze in two parts
Each: 26.7 by 21 by 20.3 cm (10½ by 8¼ by 8 in.)
69657
© 2023 Fondation Lucio Fontana / Artists Rights Society (Ars), New York
Executed in 1967 in an edition of 500 plus 5 artist proofs. Lucio Fontana cleverly incorporates two of his signature gestures, that of his cuts, i tagli, and punctuating holes,...
Executed in 1967 in an edition of 500 plus 5 artist proofs.
Lucio Fontana cleverly incorporates two of his signature gestures, that of his cuts, i tagli, and punctuating holes, i buchi, in his 1967 sculptural pair Concetto spaziale, Natura. These elegant bronzes bear evidence of his controlled yet forceful interventions and whose polished patina provides an illuminated reflective light. Fontana worked in a variety of media, processes, and formats: these ovoid-shaped sculptures refer to his infamous series of egg-shaped canvases La Fine di Dio (The End of God), 1960s, in both shape and significance, that of recurring lifecycles of nature and violence.
Lucio Fontana cleverly incorporates two of his signature gestures, that of his cuts, i tagli, and punctuating holes, i buchi, in his 1967 sculptural pair Concetto spaziale, Natura. These elegant bronzes bear evidence of his controlled yet forceful interventions and whose polished patina provides an illuminated reflective light. Fontana worked in a variety of media, processes, and formats: these ovoid-shaped sculptures refer to his infamous series of egg-shaped canvases La Fine di Dio (The End of God), 1960s, in both shape and significance, that of recurring lifecycles of nature and violence.