Lucio Fontana *
(Rosario di Santa Fe, Argentina 1899–1968 Comabbio)
Madonna col Bambino, c. 1950–55, monogrammed on the base L. F., painted and glazed ceramic, 40 x 17 x 20 cm
The present work is registered at the Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan, under no. 250/2.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Legnano
European Private Collection
I am a sculptor and not a potter. I have never turned a plate on a lathe or painted a jar. I dislike lace and graduated shading, and I abhor the mysticism of technique. With the prodigious technique of Sèvres and Copenhagen, one satisfies the taste of ladies and collectors. It‘s a kind of ecstasy over fragility and half-tones. I am looking for something else. [...] The critics said ceramic. I called it sculpture.
(Lucio Fontana, La mia Ceramica, in “Tempo”, Milan, 21 September 1939)
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
26.11.2014 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 155,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 55,000.- to EUR 75,000.-
Lucio Fontana *
(Rosario di Santa Fe, Argentina 1899–1968 Comabbio)
Madonna col Bambino, c. 1950–55, monogrammed on the base L. F., painted and glazed ceramic, 40 x 17 x 20 cm
The present work is registered at the Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan, under no. 250/2.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Legnano
European Private Collection
I am a sculptor and not a potter. I have never turned a plate on a lathe or painted a jar. I dislike lace and graduated shading, and I abhor the mysticism of technique. With the prodigious technique of Sèvres and Copenhagen, one satisfies the taste of ladies and collectors. It‘s a kind of ecstasy over fragility and half-tones. I am looking for something else. [...] The critics said ceramic. I called it sculpture.
(Lucio Fontana, La mia Ceramica, in “Tempo”, Milan, 21 September 1939)
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art - Part 1 |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 26.11.2014 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 15.11. - 26.11.2014 |
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