Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attese

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Artist Lucio Fontana (Italian, born Argentina, 1899–1968)Italian, born Argentina, 1899–1968

CultureItalian

Titles

Concetto spaziale, Attese
Spatial Concept, Waiting

Date1962

PlaceItaly

MediumWater-based paint on canvas

Dimensions39 1/2 × 32 in. (100.3 × 81.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number65.34

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 311

On view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Galerie XX Siècle, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 1965.
Exhibition History"Darkness and Light," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, January 23–March 28, 1993.

"Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 13–September 3, 2001.

"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920-1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.

"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 13, 2005–January 2, 2006.

"Constructing Abstraction: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.

"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.

"Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 13, 2008–March 22, 2009.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Europe 1900-1975: Selections from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 4, 2014–January 4, 2015.

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