Lucio Fontana

Italian | 1899 - 1968

Lucio Fontana was an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1899. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid and will be on exhibit at Fundacion Juan March, Madrid on February 28, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Christie’s Paris have featured Lucio Fontana's work in the past.Lucio Fontana's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 29,173,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 29,173,000 USD for Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio, sold at Christie's New York in 2015. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 1,484,871 USD, while his sculptures have sold for an average of 213,208 USD.Lucio Fontana has been featured in articles for Observer, Artmajeur Magazine and The New York Times. The most recent article is Christie's Presents the Onzea-Govaerts Collection - Curated by Axel Vervoordt written for ArtDaily in January 2025. The artist died in 1968.

Featured for Sale

SERVICES EXPRESS POUR LE MONDE ENTIER ,1935

By Lucio Fontana

Bolaffi Auctions

Concetto spaziale, Attese

By Lucio Fontana

Sotheby's London

LUCIO FONTANA ,1967

By Lucio Fontana

Koller Zurich

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Concetto Spaziale, Attesa - Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, Attesa ,1966

By Lucio Fontana

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[Concetto spaziale] ,1960

By Lucio Fontana

CONCETTO SPAZIALE, LA FINE DI DIO - Lucio Fontana

CONCETTO SPAZIALE, LA FINE DI DIO ,1963

By Lucio Fontana

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Upcoming Lots

Concetto Spaziale, Attese - Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale, Attese ,1960

By Lucio Fontana

Christie's Paris

Concetto Spaziale - Teatrino (nero - Lucio Fontana

Concetto Spaziale - Teatrino (nero ,1968

By Lucio Fontana

Ketterer Kunst Munich

Concetto spaziale - Teatrino (bianco - Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale - Teatrino (bianco ,1968

By Lucio Fontana

Ketterer Kunst Munich

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Pyramid ,1967

By Lucio Fontana

Chiswick Auctions

Pyramid ,1967

By Lucio Fontana

Chiswick Auctions

Pyramid ,1967

By Lucio Fontana

Chiswick Auctions

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Recent Auction Results

Concetto Spaziale ,1951

By Lucio Fontana

Yann le Mouel

Concetto spaziale (for XXe Siècle No. 13) - Lucio Fontana

Concetto spaziale (for XXe Siècle No. 13) ,1959

By Lucio Fontana

-5%

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Rago Arts and Auction Center

Concetto spaziale ,1959

By Lucio Fontana

+86%

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Nagel Auction

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Current Exhibitions

Italians: Space, Material, Idea

Volery Gallery

Dubai | United Arab Emirates

Feb 15,2025 - Mar 06,2025

Le Collezioni

GAM, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Turin

Torino | Italy

Oct 16,2024 - Mar 16,2025

“In the troubled air…”

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Madrid | Spain

Nov 06,2024 - Mar 17,2025

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Articles

Christie's Presents the Onzea-Govaerts Collection - Curated by Axel Vervoordt

ArtDaily 28/01/2025

Christie’s presents the sale of The Onzea-Govaerts Collection, curated by Axel Vervoordt, to be held in Paris on March 27.

Milan Is Italy’s International Financial Capital, But Is It the Next Art Hotspot?

Observer 21/01/2025

The fact that Thaddaeus Ropac is opening an outpost in the city seems promising on the surface but must be viewed in light of other less encouraging changes to the city's cultural scene.

The Art of Decorating: Sculptures Designed for Every Room of The House

Artmajeur Magazine 07/01/2025

A protagonist in search of identity transforms an anonymous house into a personal and unique space through sculptural works that enrich gardens, desks, bookshelves, and walls.

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Coverage

“ ..Although best known for his Concetti Spaziale , the spatial environments and slashed canvases he created in the 1950s and 1960s, clay modeling and ceramics have always been central to his process... ”
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Aspen Art Museum

“ ..The Argentine-Italian artist is widely known for his Cuts series, slashed paintings that became symbols of the postwar era... ”
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“ .. Beginning in the 1930s, Fontana produced a body of baroque ceramic work in which he engaged the problems of both painting and sculpture in innovative and productive new ways... ”
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Aspen Art Museum

“ ..While ostensibly figurative, with subject matter as varied as battle scenes and flowers, these expressive works gain a raw immediacy from Fontana’s vigorous hand modeling as the clay becomes a register... ”
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Aspen Art Museum