It dawned on me that these two different fini (ends) of God find perfect synthesis in Maurizio Cattelan’s HIM.—Francesco Bonami. concetto spaziale, la fine di dio signed; titled on the stretcher; signed on the reverse oil on canvas 177.6 by 123cm. 30-lug-2015 - Lucio Fontana Concetto spaziale, 1951 Buchi, olio e sabbia su tela 60 × 59 cm Milano, Fondazione Lucio Fontana © Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano Monochromes ovoïdes monumentaux de diverses couleurs et parfois couverts de paillettes, ils sont constellés de perforations qui mettent à nu l’espace entre la toile et son support. Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio. 63 FD 22, illustrated, Enrico Crispolti, Fontana: Catalogo Generale, Vol. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale. La fine di Dio reminds of a vast, dark universe with millions of shining stars that seem to be materializing and dispersing at the same time within the oval outline. 63 FD 22, illustrated, Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni, Vol. II, Milan 2006, p. 659, no. S.D.C. Da Christie’s New York, un grande ovale giallo del 1964 supera i 29 milioni di dollari (178 x 123cm.) II, p. 137, no. Concetto Spaziale, La fine di Dio is an oil and glitter on canvas piece executed in 1964, and exhibited worldwide, in Paris, London and New York. « Concetto Spaziale, La Fine Di Dio » est considérée comme l’une des œuvres les plus emblématiques de Lucio Fontana du début des années 60. Le opere pittoriche di questa sezione sono tutte realizzate su telai ovali della stessa dimensione e si distinguono per le costellazioni di "buchi"e/o squarci e/o graffiti che in alcuni casi interessano solo parte della tela monocroma, in altri ne caratterizzano tutta la superficie ricoperta di colore ad olio (a volte anche da lustrini). Art since 1900: modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004 (9780500285343) Title. Concetto spaziale la fine di Dio 1963-64. From Rachofsky Private Collection , Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, la fine di Dio (1964), Oil on canvas ... Fontana implemented this theory in his series Concetto Spaziale (‘spatial concept’), punching holes in the picture plane and slicing through his canvases in order to expose the dimensional space beneath. Home Dopo Modigliani, è record anche per Fontana. La toile est peinte à l'huile de manière monochrome. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Lucio Fontana. Foster, Hal, et. Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, La fine di Dio, 1963, olio, squarci, buchi e graffiti su tela, cm 178 x 123 / in 70.1 x 48.4, Courtesy Tornabuoni Arte Mostra Lucio Fontana, Galerie Iris Clert, Parigi, 1964. 701/8 x 48½in. [11][12] In his important series of Concetto spaziale, La Fine di Dio … Auction Venue/Sale Sale Date. He then created an elaborate neon ceiling called "Luce spaziale" in 1951 for the Triennale in Milan. Both Hitler and Fontana envisioned the end of God but from completely opposite positions. Photo: Mike Bruce, Installation view with Maurizio Cattelan, HIM (2001; left), and Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1963; right), Artwork, left to right: © Maurizio Cattelan, © Fondazione Lucio Fontana. The subject was a disturbing portrait of Adolf Hitler as Joan of Arc but what was most striking was the deep gash under his eye. At its very core Concetto Spaziale, La Fine di Dio proposes a new model for mankind – no longer the earth-bound man of material possessions, but man as a cosmic being on the brink of the unknowable void. Photo: Mike Bruce, Installation view with Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1963; left), and Maurizio Cattelan, HIM (2001; left), Artwork, left to right: © Fondazione Lucio Fontana, © Maurizio Cattelan. Source. Fontana had first painted Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio – at 178 cm high it is the height of the artist himself, and of the average male of the time, thus creating a revelatory, wholly immersive experience for the viewer – with his principal hue of bright, fresh pink monochrome oil paint, before covering this base with otherworldly copper-hued lustrini (‘glitter’), thereby creating an ever-changing and constant array … Concetto spaziale/La Fine di Dio is UB Only. Here Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio is the altar at which Cattelan’s HIM, the figure of small boy visible only from the back, turns out to be none other than Adolf Hitler, kneeling in impossible supplication before an impossible atonement. II, Milan 1986, p. 469, no. In his important series of Concetto spaziale, La Fine di Dio (1963–64), Fontana uses the egg shape. ; 69 3/4 by 48 1/2 in. 63 FD 22, illustrated, Vol. Fondazione Lucio Fontana. Gagosian is pleased to announce La fine di Dio at the Davies Street gallery in London, curated by Francesco Bonami. Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio. The Darkness. Concetto Spaziale, La Fine Di Dio Sell Through Rate: 100% All auction results by Lucio Fontana all artworks for sale by Lucio Fontana Artist: Lucio Fontana. I Concetti spaziali. Feb 10, 2005. Concetto spaziale/La Fine di Dio. Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 2012, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lucio Fontana, 1972, no. Maurizio Cattelan Olio su tela, 178,4 x 123,2 cm. Fondazione Lucio Fontana. Realized Price +95%. 65, Milan, Palazzo Reale, Lucio Fontana, 1972, p. 232, no. Realized Price -22%. 63 FD 22, illustrated, signed; titled on the stretcher; signed on the reverse. Concetto spaziale Attese 1968. 184, illustrated, Angel Crespo, ‘El pensamiento y la obra de Lucio Fontana’, Forma Nueva/el Inmueble, No. Dal 1949, Fontana iniziò a produrre i suoi Concetti spaziali, opere in cui le superfici presentano fori sparsi e, talvolta, applicazioni di sassolini e vetri colorati. Photo: Mike Bruce, A few years ago I was in the storage of the US Army Center of Military History in Washington DC and the curator showed me a painting by Hubert Lanzinger, The Standard Bearer from 1935. Inscriptions : S.H.G. Lucio Fontana, collecting@gagosian.com Concetto spaziale/La Fine di Dio; Concetto spaziale/La Fine di Dio. Estimate . Rosario de Santa Fè, Argentina, 1899 – Comabbio, 1968. Dec 06, 2000. With his Pietre (stones) series, begun in 1952, Fontana fused the sculptural with painting by encrusting the surfaces of his canvases with heavy impasto and colored glass. With a single, deft juxtaposition, the history of iconoclasm takes an exponential leap. Cristina Celestino, la designer milanaise est sur tous les fronts. Here Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio is the altar at which Cattelan’s HIM, the figure of small boy visible only from the back, turns out to be none other than Adolf Hitler, kneeling in impossible supplication before an impossible atonement. View Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio by Lucio Fontana on artnet. Lucio Fontana’s actions against the holy space of the canvas could be also seen as vandalism but rather they are a gesture to free and open up the history of painting. below mid-estimate. The exhibition puts in play two key artworks by two epochal artists who have probed the inextricable relationship of the sacred and profane to dramatic effect—Lucio Fontana, with his radical spatial propositions in the post-war period, and Maurizio Cattelan, with his dystopian pranks for the new millennium. Nuovo record mondiale per Lucio Fontana. Painting. above mid-estimate. DESCRIZIONE: I "Concetti Spaziali" di Lucio Fontana ridanno fiato all’antico amore per l’astrazione algida e assoluta degli anni Trenta, quando esponeva alla galleria del Milione di Milano con Melotti, Licini, Rho, Radice, Magnelli. Save your favorite articles to read offline, sync your reading lists across devices and customize your reading experience with the official Wikipedia app. Dation, 1997. LOGIN. signed and titled on the reverse. Il suo grande «Concetto Spaziale. Lucio Fontana. Creator. Fontana, Lucio. CONCETTO SPAZIALE, LA FINE DI DIO. DESCRIZIONE: I "Concetti Spaziali" di Lucio Fontana ridanno fiato all’antico amore per l’astrazione algida e assoluta degli anni Trenta, quando esponeva alla galleria del Milione di Milano con Melotti, Licini, Rho, Radice, Magnelli. 70 by 48 3/8 in. With a single, deft juxtaposition, the history of … Painting. Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) , Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio. Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, XXéme Siècle. al. 14, March 1967, p. 55, illustrated, Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures et Environments Spatiaux, Brussels 1974, Vol. Fontana, Lucio: Concetto spaziale. Dipinti. L'anno successivo appoggia il … Concetto spaziale. 178 by 123cm. La Fine di Dio posits what no art work had done before; it articulates the genesis of a new form of expression reflective of the astral age. The present piece, in a yellow evocative of the sun of a new day, beautifully encapsulates Fontana’s belief in a brave new world, accessible through … Provenance and Exhibition History . Join MutualArt to unlock sale information JOIN MUTUALART. Nel 1934 entra a far parte del gruppo dei primi astrattisti italiani (con Melotti, Licini, Reggiani, Veronesi, Soldati, Ghiringhelli e Bogliardi) facenti capo alla Galleria del Milione. Estimate . Concetto spaziale. Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (63-FD.17)(Concept spatial, La fin de Dieu) En 1963-1964, Lucio Fontana réalise un ensemble de tableaux, les « Fine di Dio ». Nel 1922 si sposta in Argentina dove apre uno studio di scultura. La fine di Dio. On November 12, Christie's New York will offer Lucio Fontana's Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio. : L. Fontana. “Concetto Spaziale, La Fine di Dio” Lucio Fontana | Italian Art auction La Fine di Dio, (1963-1964), est une série d'œuvres crées sur des toiles ovales de taille identique constellées de trous au pinçon et d'entailles qui sont traversant ou pas. : L Fontana. Provenance. Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (63-FD.17), 1963, huile sur toile, 178 × 123 cm, MNAM, Paris; Concetto spaziale, Teatrino (65-TE.76), 1965, peinture vinylique sur toile et bois laqué, 200 × 200 cm, MNAM, Paris; Concetto spaziale, Teatrino, 1965, acrylique sur toile et bois laqué, 127 × 166 cm, Musée d'art de Toulon. Login in to view item. Provenance Hitler created the most diabolical horror witnessed by humankind in modern times; Fontana worshipped and found inspiration in the marvels of the universe, that infinite space where even God could disappear. La présente œuvre fait partie d’une série de 38 toiles ovoïdes du même genre qui se déclinent en différentes couleurs et parfois recouvertes de paillettes. La Fine di Dio (Concepto espacial. La fine di Dio. Auction Venue/Sale Sale Date. Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome A. Spada, Brescia Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in the 1980s. Executed in 1963. 178 x 123 cm. Cosmic. El fin de Dios) Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (63-FD.17) (Concept spatial, La fin de Dieu) [1963] Huile sur toile, perforations. CONCETTO SPAZIALE, LA FINE DI DIO, FullFormat:,year,1963 oil on canvas . Concetto spaziale/La fine di Dio (1963) Un ovale, come quelli della pittura tardo rinascimentale, dipinto di rosa, tutto crivellato di buchi, alcuni più piccoli, altri più grandi. Collezione privata. Fontana Lucio Concetto spaziale La fine di Dio 1963. press@gagosian.com, La fine di Dio: Maurizio Cattelan | Lucio Fontana. Installation view with Maurizio Cattelan, HIM (2001; front), and Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1963; on wall), Artwork, front to back: © Maurizio Cattelan, © Fondazione Lucio Fontana. Lucio Fontana’s Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concepts), at their clear zenith with the La fine di Dio series, are “at once transcendent and technologizing, cosmic and material” (B. Fer, “Immodest Proposals: The Art of Lucio Fontana,” Artforum, November 2014, p. 238). La fine di Dio, 1964. Executed in 1963. In any other case that act would have been considered simple vandalism but in this case, considering the subject, it was an act of freedom expressed by an American soldier who was enraged by not having the real Hitler in front of him. The exhibition takes its title from Fontana’s climactic painting of the early sixties, its hot pink, egg-shaped surface savaged by the thrusts of a sharp knife. I, p. 80, no. waterpaint, oil and glitter on canvas. Lucio Fontana. 1951 for the Triennale in Milan completely opposite positions these two different fini ( ends ) of God from! An exponential leap La toile est peinte à l'huile de manière monochrome Fontana on.. 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