108 A Tale of Two Cities: Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan Lucio Fontana Follow Concetto spaziale signed 'l. Fontana' lower left; further signed and dated 'l. Fontana 1954' on the reverse oil and ink on card laid on canvas 18.1 x 19.4 cm (7 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Executed in 1954.
Provenance Collection Francesco de Bartolomeis Galleria Blu, Milan Galleria Rino Costa, Valenza Private Collection, Turin Private Collection, Milan Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 12 November 1999, lot 205 Acquired at the above sale by the late owner Exhibited Milan, Galleria Blu, Lucio Fontana il gesto e la materia , 1 December 1983 - 14 January 1984 Valenza, Galleria Rino Costa, April 1995 Literature Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures, Sculptures et Environnements Spatiaux , vol. II, Brussels, 1974, no. 54 V 1, pp. 208-209 (illustrated, p. 209) Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo generale , vol. II, Milan, 1986, no. 54 V 1, p. 716 (illustrated) Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni , vol. II, Milan, 2006 -2015, no. 54 V 1, p. 921 (illustrated)
108 A Tale of Two Cities: Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan Lucio Fontana Follow Concetto spaziale signed 'l. Fontana' lower left; further signed and dated 'l. Fontana 1954' on the reverse oil and ink on card laid on canvas 18.1 x 19.4 cm (7 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Executed in 1954.
Provenance Collection Francesco de Bartolomeis Galleria Blu, Milan Galleria Rino Costa, Valenza Private Collection, Turin Private Collection, Milan Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 12 November 1999, lot 205 Acquired at the above sale by the late owner Exhibited Milan, Galleria Blu, Lucio Fontana il gesto e la materia , 1 December 1983 - 14 January 1984 Valenza, Galleria Rino Costa, April 1995 Literature Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures, Sculptures et Environnements Spatiaux , vol. II, Brussels, 1974, no. 54 V 1, pp. 208-209 (illustrated, p. 209) Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo generale , vol. II, Milan, 1986, no. 54 V 1, p. 716 (illustrated) Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana Catalogo Ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni , vol. II, Milan, 2006 -2015, no. 54 V 1, p. 921 (illustrated)
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