Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept)

1968 · Print

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Not on view at present

Where is “Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept)” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 11 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 2015.19.3275

What it shows

Non-representational

In the catalog

Prints Etching Post-war art 20th century Italian

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

In the life of Fontana, Lucio

The whole life

1966
Grand Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale
For the Biennale Fontana designs the environment for his work himself — he has become increasingly interested in the staging of his work and in the idea of purity achieved in his last white canvases — and is awarded the Grand Prize for Painting.
1966
First solo show at an American museum
Fontana’s first solo exhibition at an American museum is held at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
1968
“Spatial Environment in White” at Documenta IV
At Documenta IV in Kassel Fontana positions a large plaster slash at the centre of a totally white labyrinth, including ceiling and floor — “Ambiente spaziale bianco”.
1968
Leaves Milan for Comabbio
Fontana leaves his home in Milan and goes to Comabbio (in the province of Varese), his family’s hometown, where he dies the same year.
1968
Present at the “Destruction Art” demonstration
Shortly before his death Fontana is present at the “Destruction Art, Destroy to Create” demonstration at the Finch College Museum in New York.
7 September 1968
Died