Lot #591: LUCIO FONTANA - Studio per il XXXIII Biennale di Venezia - Original pen and ink drawing

   

Artist: Lucio Fontana (Italian-Argentinian, 1899 - 1968).
Title: "Studio per il XXXIII Biennale di Venezia".
Medium: Original pen and ink drawing.
Date: Composed 1966.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (359 x 244 mm). Image size: 8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (206 x 190 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,000/4,000
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Light cream wove paper. Condition: the image itself is in very good condition; right edge of the sheet has some issues, readily seen and easily matted out; scattered minor foxing; unrelated (?) drawings, verso.
Comment(s): The Venice Biennale (also called in English the "Venice Biennial") is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. In 1901, Argentina became the first Latin American nation to participate in the Biennale. Fontana was the exhibitor in 1954, 1958, 1966, 1968 (with Nicolas Garcia Uriburu), 1972, and 1978. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26508-3-2400-NA]