Artist Monograph

Lucio Fontana, Italian

Italian, born Argentina. 1899–1968

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	11	31.4%
Sculpture	7	20%
Oil Painting	5	14.3%
Other Media	4	11.4%
Lithography	4	11.4%
Drawing	3	8.6%
Ceramics	1	2.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	30	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	3	8.6%
Architecture & Design	2	5.7%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Print — 14
Illustrated Book — 11
Drawing — 4
Painting — 2
Design — 2
Multiple — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	24.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	21	63.6%
Large (1–3 m)	4	12.1%

Range: 14.5 cm → 200.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	1
1949	1
1960	1
1963	1
1964	2
1965	7
1966	5
1967	1
1968	2
1969	7
1970	1
1975	1
1977	1
1981	1
1997	1
2005	1
2018	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 405" — 2
"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Expressdienst Nach Allen Erdteilen, Italia-Codulich-Lloyd Triestino-Adria Design Acc. 339.1943	1935	Lithograph	39 3/8 x 27 9/16" (100 x 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of G. E. Kidder Smith
Services Express Pour le Monde Entier (Poster advertising the four United Italian shipping lines [Italia Flotte Riunite, Consulich S.T.N., Lloyd Triestino and Adria]) Design Acc. 596.1981	1935	Lithograph	37 1/8 x 24 1/2" (94.4 x 62.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Bernard Davis
Crucifixion Sculpture Acc. 335.1949	1948	Glazed ceramic	19 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 9 1/8" (48.6 x 31.4 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Concetto Spaziale Drawing Acc. 509.2004	1951	Ink on paper	7 7/8 x 11" (20 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Frank and Nina Moore
Untitled Drawing Acc. 623.1963	1956	Ink on incised paper	12 1/2 x 9 7/8" (31.6 x 24.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Spatial Concept (Concetto spaziale) Drawing Acc. 701.1976	1957	Ink and pencil on paper on canvas	55 x 78 7/8" (139.7 x 200.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Morton G. Neumann
Studi Vari Drawing Acc. 1425.2018	1958	Ballpoint pen on paper	15 × 11" (38.1 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Spatial Concept: Expectations Painting Acc. 413.1960	1959	Synthetic polymer paint on slashed burlap	39 3/8 x 32" (100 x 81.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Philip Johnson Fund
L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE, Volume 1/ L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 1/THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE, Volume 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 800.1963.1-20	1960–62, published 1962	15 etchings (some with aquatint and/or drypoint), 2 soft ground etchings, 2 drypoints (with aquatint or lift ground aquatint), and 1 mezzotint: 19 printed in black (1 relief printed and 1 relief and intaglio printed) and 1 printed without ink	page 11 13/16 x 9 7/16" (30 x 24 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
Spatial Concept: Expectation Painting Acc. 508.1970	1960	Slashed canvas and gauze	39 1/2 x 31 5/8" (100.3 x 80.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Plate 11 from L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE, Volume 1/L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 1/THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE, Volume 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 800.1963.11	1962	Etching, relief printed in black	plate 5 7/8 x 4 1/2" (15 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
Concetto Spaziale from Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.2	1964	One from a portfolio of six etchings with embossing	composition (irreg.): 16 3/4 x 13 1/16" (42.5 x 33.2 cm); sheet: 25 1/8 x 19 11/16" (63.8 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Concetto Spaziale from Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.3	1964	One from a portfolio of six etchings with embossing	composition (irreg.): 14 1/2 x 19 7/16" (36.8 x 49.4 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 24 15/16" (49.8 x 63.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Concetto Spaziale from Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.4	1964	One from a portfolio of six etchings with embossing	composition (irreg.): 20 7/16 x 14 3/4" (51.9 x 37.4 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 x 19 5/8" (63.4 x 49.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Concetto Spaziale from Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.5	1964	One from a portfolio of six etchings with embossing	composition (irreg.): 13 11/16 x 16 7/8" (34.8 x 42.8 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 25 1/8" (50 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Concetto Spaziale from Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.6	1964	One from a portfolio of six etchings with embossing	composition (irreg.): 17 1/2 x 13 1/4" (44.5 x 33.7 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 5/8" (63.2 x 49.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Concetto Spaziale from Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.7	1964	One from a portfolio of six etchings with embossing	composition (irreg.): 17 1/2 x 13 15/16" (44.5 x 35.4 cm); sheet: 25 1/16 x 19 11/16" (63.7 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Six Original Etchings (Sei Acqueforti Originali) Print Acc. 36.1965.1-7	1964	Portfolio of six etchings with embossing	sheet (each, approx.): 24 13/16 x 19 11/16" (63 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Concetto Spaziale (Teatrino), plate 1, from the portfolio Quattro oggetti di Lucio Fontana e due poesie di Salvatore Quasimodo (Four Objects by Lucio Fontana and Two Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo) Print Acc. 576.1966.1	1965-66	One from a portfolio with four screenprint and die-cuts on aluminum foil	sheet: 19 1/2 × 18 1/2" (49.5 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	International Graphic Arts Society Fund
Concetto Spaziale (Teatrino), plate 2, from the portfolio Quattro oggetti di Lucio Fontana e due poesie di Salvatore Quasimodo (Four Objects by Lucio Fontana and Two Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo) Print Acc. 576.1966.2	1965-66	One from a portfolio with four screenprint and die-cuts on aluminum foil	sheet: 19 1/2 × 18 1/2" (49.5 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	International Graphic Arts Society Fund
Concetto Spaziale (Teatrino), plate 2, from the portfolio Quattro oggetti di Lucio Fontana e due poesie di Salvatore Quasimodo (Four Objects by Lucio Fontana and Two Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo) Print Acc. 576.1966.3	1965-66	One from a portfolio with four screenprint and die-cuts on aluminum foil	sheet: 19 1/2 × 18 1/2" (49.5 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	International Graphic Arts Society Fund
Concetto Spaziale (Teatrino), plate 4, from the portfolio Quattro oggetti di Lucio Fontana e due poesie di Salvatore Quasimodo (Four Objects by Lucio Fontana and Two Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo) Print Acc. 576.1966.4	1965-66	One from a portfolio with four screenprint and die-cuts on aluminum foil	sheet: 19 1/2 × 18 1/2" (49.5 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	International Graphic Arts Society Fund
Quattro oggetti di Lucio Fontana e due poesie di Salvatore Quasimodo (Four Objects by Lucio Fontana and Two Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo) Illustrated Book Acc. 576.1966.1-4	1965–66	Portfolio with four screenprint and die-cuts on aluminum foil	sheet (each): 19 1/2 × 18 1/2" (49.5 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	International Graphic Arts Society Fund
(Untitled) Print Acc. 218.1967	1966, published 1967	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (pages 42 and 43) from L'albero poeta Illustrated Book Acc. 93.1968.7	1966	Etching from an illustrated book with ten prints	plate: 9 1/4 × 14 1/2" (23.5 × 36.9 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 × 9 13/16" (41 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Spatial Concept (Concetto spaziale) Illustrated Book Acc. 208.1997	1966	Artist's book with gold paper leporello, punched with holes	page (each): 5 11/16 x 3 3/4" (14.5 x 9.5 cm); overall (open, approx.): 5 11/16 x 70 3/4" (14.5 x 179.7 cm); overall (closed): 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 3/8" (15 x 12 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Box-object from Portrait of Antonin Artaud Illustrated Book Acc. 932.1969.5	1968	Wood and enamel box from a multiple with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	Closed: 14 3/8 x 9 3/8 x 2 9/16" (36.5 x 23.8 x 6.6 cm) Open: 14 3/8 x 9 3/8 x 26 1/16" (36.5 x 23.8 x 66.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate from Portrait of Antonin Artaud Illustrated Book Acc. 932.1969.1	1968	Copper die-cut plate from a multiple of wood and enamel with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	irreg. composition 7 3/8 x 5 11/16" (18.8 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate from Portrait of Antonin Artaud Illustrated Book Acc. 932.1969.2	1968	Steel die-cut plate from a multiple of wood and enamel with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	irreg. composition 7 3/8 x 5 11/16" (18.8 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate from Portrait of Antonin Artaud Illustrated Book Acc. 932.1969.3	1968	Plexiglass die-cut plate from a multiple of wood and enamel with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	irreg. composition 7 3/8 x 5 11/16" (18.8 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate from Portrait of Antonin Artaud Illustrated Book Acc. 932.1969.4	1968	Plexiglass die-cut plate from a multiple of wood and enamel with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	irreg. composition 7 3/8 x 5 11/16" (18.8 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Portrait of Antonin Artaud Multiple Acc. 932.1969.1-6	1968	Multiple of wood and enamel with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	plate (each, irreg.): 7 3/8 x 5 3/4" (18.7 x 14.6 cm); page: 7 9/16 x 5 9/16" (19.2 x 14.1 cm); other (book): 7 3/4 x 5 13/16 x 1 1/16" (19.7 x 14.8 x 2.7 cm); overall (wood multiple, closed): 14 7/16 x 2 9/16 x 9 3/8" (36.6 x 6.5 x 23.8 cm); overall (wood multiple, open): 14 7/16 x 25 1/2 x 9 3/8" (36.6 x 64.7 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Portrait of Antonin Artaud (Portrait d'Antonin Artaud) Illustrated Book Acc. 932.1969.6	1968	Artist's book from a multiple of wood and enamel with one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two plexiglass die-cut plates and one artist's book	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Spatial Concept (Concetto Spaziale) Print Acc. 268.1975	1968	Etching, relief printed, with embossing and punctures	irreg. plate 25 3/8 x 18 7/8" (64.4 x 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
Untitled Print Acc. 41.1968	1968	Lithograph and inkless intaglio	composition: 19 5/16 x 15 7/16" (49.1 x 39.2 cm); sheet: 23 5/8 x 19 1/8" (60 x 48.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund