LUCIO FONTANA : Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 9), 1949, plate signed

By FONTANA Lucio (1899-1968)

Lucio Fontana (1899–1968)
Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 9), 1949
Arte concreta, 4th portfolio — Milan, Salto Editore, October 1949

Original colour lithograph on paper

[SIGNATURE À CONSTATER : of the two Fontana plates, one is signed in pencil and the other in the stone only]

Dimensions: Unfolded sheet 32.5 × 44 cm (12.8 × 17.3 in.) — Image 21.5 × 22 cm (8.5 × 8.7 in.)

Condition: Good condition, a few scattered foxing spots. Unframed.

Published in an edition of 250 numbered copies, with a text by Giulio Carlo Argan. This copy is numbered 152/250.

1949 is Fontana’s pivotal year: his first pierced canvases and the Ambiente spaziale at the Galleria del Naviglio.

References: Maffei, M.A.C. Movimento Arte Concreta. L’opera editoriale, Milano, Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004. British Museum, London, inv. 1989,0722.3.9.

Price : 1500,00 € ( 1726.00 USD )