1) Lucio Fontana (Italian, 1899–1968) Spatial Concept, Expectations, 1959 Oil on canvas with slashes 35 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (90.8 × 90.8 cm) Olnick Spanu Collection, New York © 2019 Fondazione Lucio Fontana/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome 2) Lucio Fontana (Italian, 1899–1968). Spatial Concept, The Quanta, 1959 Water-based paint on canvas with slashes, 6 parts, dimensions variable Private collection, Italy © 2019 Fondazione Lucio Fontana/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome- They think it’s easy to make a cut or a hole. But it’s not true. You have no idea how much stuff I throw away.
Lucio Fontana, Italian, 1899–1968 Spatial Concept (Concetto spaziale) 1951 At The Italian Cultural Institute Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, Gallerie d’Italia–Piazza Scala, Milan
Lucio Fontana, Italian, 1899–1968 Spatial Concept, The Moon in Venice (Concetto Spaziale, La Luna a Venezia) 1961 Acrylic and glass on canvas 59 1/16 × 59 1/16 in. (150 × 150 cm) Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, Gallerie d’Italia–Piazza Scala, Milan
Lucio Fontana, Italian, 1899–1968 Spatial Concept, Expectations (Concetto Spaziale, Attese) 1967 Water paint on canvas 31 7/8 × 25 9/16 in. (81 × 65 cm) Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, Gallerie d’Italia – Piazza Scala, Milan
Opening of Spatial Explorations at the Italian Cultural Institute. From left: Michele Coppola, director Giorgio Van Straten, Ambassador Armando Varricchio (Credit: Italian Cultural Institute)
Spatial Explorations at the Italian Cultural Institute. Works by Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni. (Credit: Italian Cultural Institute)