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Lucio Fontana (b. Rosario, Argentina 1899, d. Varese 1968)

Lucio Fontana and Ugo Mulas: Manifesto Blanco. Milano: Galleria Apollinaire Edizioni 1966. Elephant Folio. With color and b/w illustrations. 80 p. Limited to 2000 copies, this signed by the artist on front free endpaper. Some leaves loose. Bound in publisher's binding, cloth backed, with colour and b/w illustrations. In slipcase, slipcase worn.

Homage to the work of Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), reproducing in full his original Manifiesto Blanco from 1946 in which he sets forth the parameters for his art movement, “Spatialism”.

Literature: Harry Ruhé & Camillo Rigo: “Lucio Fontana - graphics, multiples and more ...”, Tuja Books, Amsterdam 2006, mentioned and ill. p. 197.

Auction

Modern art books, 19 June 2018

Category

Books & manuscripts

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4,000–6,000 DKK

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5,500 DKK  

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