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LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
A COLLECTION
BOOKS AND POSTERS
A COLLECTION, SOLD AS A COLLECTION: € 10.500,-
I.
A SKETCH/DESIGN:
Small part of a sketch/design as used for the catalogue no. 412,
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum 1967. ca. 1966/1967. 10 x 18 cm. With in Fontana's handwriting the name "Fontana"in black and with above 3 lines of dots in
green. * With on the reverse 5 lines of dots in black. - Comparing with
the printed cover of the catalogue, this written name very sl. differs. - In
very good condition.
II.
INVITATIONS:
Invitation "Concetti Spaziali
de Lucio Fontana". Milano, Libr.
A. Salto, April 30th - May 16th 1949. Folded sheet, printed in red and black.
41.5 x 10.5 cm. * One of the earliest Spaziali
exhibitions. - Text in black and on reverse the title of the exhibition in facs. of Fontana's handwriting with a transparent line in
red (lithography?). - in very good condition. - Very rare.
Invitation card "Fontana Spazialismo". Stuttgart, Gal. Senatore,
Febr. 18th 1961. Cardboard card, printed in grey,
yellow and black.
Invitation Lucio Fontana. Klagenfurt, Gal. Wulfengasse
14, 3 - 26 Mai 1965. Folded
leaf. With 2 illustr. b/w. 29.6 x 21 cm.
III.
BOOKS & CATALOGUES:
[without title]. Roma, Gall. d'Arte Selecta, 1957. Folded sheet. Illustr.
b/w. 6 p. * Contains text (in Italian) by Renato
Giani.
Fontana. Venezia, Ed. del Cavallino, 1958. Orig. red cloth with punched holes. Leporello
with 13 colour plates tipped in. 16 p. * Contains text (in Italian) by Giani Giampiero. - Edition of 600
numbered copies. - Printed/tipped in on yellow paper (7 pages) and black paper
(9 pages). - Last plate very sl. damaged, but overall in very good condition. -
Still rare! - Ruhé/Rigo, Fontana pp. 194.
[Cat. untitled]. Roma, Gall. l'Attica,
1959. 4to. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w and c. 8 p.
Ten paintings of Venice. N.Y., Martha Jackson Gall., 1961.
4to. Orig. wrappers with punched holes. Illustr. b/w
and c (tipped in). 20 p. * Fine catalogue with inserted Announcement of
the publication "Michel Tapié, Devenir de Fontana". - Corner very sl. bumped, but
overall in good condition.
Ceramiche di Lucio Fontana. Roma, Gall. del Triangolo, 1961. Sm.8vo.
Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w. 15 p.
[Cat. untitled]. Leverkusen, Städt.
Mus., 1962. Orig.
wrappers. Illustr. b/w and c. 40 p. * Text in
German and French. - Loosely inserted: Text (in German and French) by Heinz
Mack.
New York. Milano, Gall. Dell'Ariete, 1962. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. with loose leafed photograph and 4
illustr. in red. 10 p. * Contains the text Good
morning to Fontana in Italian and English by Raffaele
Carrieri.
[Cat. untitled]. Roma, Marlborough Gall. d'Arte,
1964. Orig. wrappers with 3 incisions. Illustr. b/w
and c. 24 p.
Concepts spatiaux de Fontana. Brux.,
Théâtre de Plans, 1965. Oblong 8vo. Orig. wrappers. 4 p. * Contains text (in French) "Manifeste
Blanc 1946 (Spacialisme)".
[without title]. Buenos Aires, Centro de Artes Visuales,
1966. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w and c. 28 p. * Fine copy.
Manifiesto Blanco 1946. Spazialismo. Milano, Gall. Apolinaire,
1966. Folio. Orig. boards, cloth backed (very sl. stained). Illustr.
b/w and c. 80 p. * Contains facsimiles of the pages from the original
edition, published in 1946. With translations of text into French, English and
German. - Contains also texts by Alain Jouffroy a.o. - Limited edition. - This copy SIGNED BY FONTANA on
first page. - Slipcase missing, but overall a very good copy. - Ruhé/Rigo
Fontana pp. 197.
The spatial concept of art. Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 1966. 4to. Orig. wrappers. Illustr.
b/w and c (tipped in). 24 p.
SM 1967: 412. LUCIO FONTANA. Amst., SM, 1967. Orig. Wrappers. Illustr.
b/w. 32 p. * Typogr. supervision: WIM CROUWEL a.o.
(Total Design) – Texts by Ad Petersen (in Dutch), Jan van der Marck, Pierre Rouve, Otto Piene (in English),
Alain Jouffroy (in French).
+ VIGO, Nanda. Fontana + Vigo. Genova, Gall. la Polena, 1968. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w and c. 20 p.
IV.
POSTERS:
MATTIOLI, Claudio. Fontana 65. Milano, Gall.
Apollinaire, Oct./Nov. 1965. Photolithogr. in
colours. 58.5 x 40 cm. * Photo by Giancolombo. -
In very good condition.
N.N. Fontana. Paris, Galerie Iolas
(1966). Silkscreen in silver
and pink with punched holes in different sizes. 87.5 x 48.5 cm. * In very
good condition.
TOORN, Jan van. Fontana. Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, 1967. Photolithograph in red and black. 88 x 61.5 cm. * Very small
marginal torns.
V.
SOME CONTRIBUTIONS :
ARTE CONCRETA. - ARTE CONCRETA 1949-1950. Milan, Movimento Arte Concreta, 1950.
Narrow 8vo. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w and c. 88 p.
* With colourplates by Gillo
Dorfles, Lucio Fontana,
Gianni Monnet, Bruno Munari (an original "Libro Illeggibile"), Atanasio Soldati, Luigi Veronesi. - One (of 2) official Bulletins for the Concrete
Art Movement, illustrates works by all the major protagonists and gives a
survey of exhibitions of the period (mainly Libr.
Salto, Milano). - The movement was founded in Milan in Dec. 1948 by Gillo Dorfles, Gianni Monnet,
Bruno Munari and Atanasio Soldati - In good condition and very rare.
IL GESTO. Rassegna Internazionale delle Forme libre a Cura
del Movimento Arte Nucleare.
Red. ENRICO BAJ, SERGIO DANGELO and PIERO MANZONI. No. 1 (of 4). Milano, Movimento
Arte Nucleare, 1955. Folio. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w. 20 p. * With loosely
inserted 2 art works by JOE COLOMBO and LUCIO FONTANA. -
In very good condition.
Zero avantgarde 1965. Venezia, Gall. Cavallino, March 27th - May 4th 1965. Photolitograph b/w. 32.5 x 55 cm. * Folded poster. - I.a. Armando, Aubertin, Castellani, Fontana, Haacke,
Klein, Manzoni, Piene, Schoonhoven,
Uecker. - The portrait of FONTANA HANDSIGNED by him.
- In very good condition.
SM 1965: 377. NUL
negentienhonderd vijf en zestig. 1: Teksten [Texts]
2: Foto's [Photographs]. Amst.,
SM, 1965. 2 vols. Orig. wrappers.
Illustr. b/w. 28; 34 p. * Typogr. Supervision: WIM CROUWEL a.o. (Total Design). - Pol Bury,
Yves Klein, Armando, Lucio Fontana a.o. – Texts in several languages.
VI.
AND ABOUT:
ZOCCHI, Juan. Lucio Fontana. Buenos
Aires, Ed. Poseidon,
1946. Orig. half boards with (somewhat damaged) dustwrapper.
Illustr. b/w and c. 84 p.
VALSECCHI, Marco. Ceramiche di
Fontana. Milano,
Gall. Pater, 1962. Orig. wrappers. Illustr. b/w. 32
p. * Text in Italian and English. - Very good copy.
CIRLOT, Juan-Eduardo. Lucio
Fontana. Barcelona, Ed. Gustavo Gili, (1966).
Orig. cloth with dustwrapper. Illustr.
b/w and c (pasted in). 60 p. * Fine copy.
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