Lucio FONTANA Coquilla - 1946 Painted terracotta Signed with initials and dated below "46, L.F.". 8 x 12 x 10 cm Provenance: Susana Merediz Funés Collection, Buenos Aires Alfredo Lisdero Collection, Buenos Aires Studio la Città, Verona Acquired directly from the latter by the current owner Exhibitions: Milan, Centenario di Lucio Fontana, "Cinque mostre a Milano: Lucio Fontana. Idee e capolavori: Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea", April-June 1999, reproduced in colour p.12 Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, "Lucio Fontana. Luce e colore", October 2008-February 2009, reproduced in colour p.71 Milan, Galleria Tonelli, "The Fontana I Love", April-July 2015, reproduced in colour p.31 Bibliography: E. Crispolti, "Fontana. Catalogo Generale, voll 1", Electa, Milan, 1986, reproduced p.86 E. Crispolti, "Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato di sculpture, dipinti, ambientazioni, voll 1", Skira, Milan, 2006, reproduced as no. 46 SC 9, p. 204. L. M. Barbero, "Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato delle sculture ceramiche, Tomo I", Skira, Milan, 2023, reproduced in black and white under n°46 SC 9, p. 362 Painted terracotta; signed with the initials and dated underneath; 3.14 x 4.72 x 3.93 in. Lucio FONTANA 8 x 12 x 10 cm