Lucio FONTANA (1899-1968). Concetto Spaziale, circa 1965. Torn paper signed lower right. Sight : Height. 45 cm - Width 39 cm Provenance : - Private collection of a member of the collector's collective La Peau du Chat, then by descent. Note : Against a political backdrop of a race for space, Lucio Fontana's series are interested in the concept of spatialism, which consists in opening up the pictorial surface to a third dimension. "I want to open up a space, create a new dimension, connect with the cosmos that extends infinitely, beyond the limiting plane of painting" (L. Fontana in AA. VV., Dal testo alla storia dalla storia al testo, Letteratura italiana con pagine di scrittori stranieri, Paravia, Torino, 1993).