FONTANA, LUCIO
1899 Rosario/Argentina - 1968 Comabbio, Varese/Italy
Title: "7 di Denari (Settebello)".
Date: 1957.
Technique: Oil and glass stones on canvas.
Mounting: Mounted on wood.
Measurement: 14,5 x 9cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: l.fontana 57. Inscribed and titled verso: N° 19. "7 DI DENARI (SETTEBELLO)".
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.
Provenance:
- Galleria Blu, Milan
- Private collection Italy
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Crispolti, Enrico (ed.) Fontana - Catalogo generale, Vol. II, Milan 1986, cat. rais. no. 57 V I, ill.
- Small, enchanting work with great symbolic power
- Unmistakeably bears the signature of the greatest Italian artist of the post-war period
- Title refers to an important playing card from a traditional Italian card game.
Willi Baumeister 
