Lucio Fontana (Rosario de Santa Fé 1899 - Comabbio 1968)

Concetto Spaziale, Pillola (1967)
Signed on the bottom side
Numbered 5/36 on the bottom of the stand
Published in 1967 by Sergio Tosi and Fausta Squatriti, Milan
Lacquered copper, H. 34.4 cm (incl. stand) x L. 39 cm x diam. 19 cm
Provenance:
- Collection Erik & Petra Hesmerg, Amsterdam
- Collection Willem Peter van den Top, Dronten
Literature:
H. Ruhé & C. Rigo, Lucio Fontana. Graphics, multiples and more..., Tuja Books, Amsterdam, 2006, p. 155, no. M-5
N.B.I:
This sculpture has been produced in a variety of colours and executions and was published in an edition of 41 (of which 5 unsigned). This edition with perforations (buchi) is more rare than the edition with the incision (taglio).
N.B.II:
'Pillola' is the Italian word for 'pill', and Fontana was inspired by the birth control pill, which was a novelty in the 1960's. Although the bronze offered here looks very industrial, it is handmade with the help of four to five artisans.