$50,000
Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana
Important coffee table
Italy, 1952 reverse-painted glass, walnut 40½ w x 40½ d x 18½ h in (103 x 103 x 47 cm)
result: $50,000
In the 1950s and 1960s Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana collaborated creating expressive furniture forms.
This work comes from a series of approximately twelve tables each featuring a unique painting by Lucio Fontana.
provenance: Private collection, Milan | Private collection, New York
literature: Lucio Fontana: Catalogo Ragionato di Sculture, Dipinti, Ambientazioni , Tomoll, pg. 917, no. 52-53v34 illustrates this example Il Mobile Italian degli Anni '40 e '50 , de Guttry and Maino, pg. 113 illustrates another example from this series
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-12-13
