Lucio Fontana

Italian · 1899–1968 · Painter, Sculptor

Lucio Fontana was an Italian sculptor, painter, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstraction. Some of these ideas can be seen in his… (Wikipedia)

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609lots offered2001–2026years recorded63%sold (306)$8.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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Concetto spaziale, AttesePhillips · May 2018$3,015,000≈ £2,230,855≈ €2,554,003Sign up to see
Concetto spaziale, AttesaPhillips · Nov 2013$2,345,000≈ £1,467,367≈ €1,750,784Sign up to see
Concetto spaziale, NaturaPhillips · Jun 2018£1,629,000≈ $2,146,045≈ €1,847,490Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $8.1kfree account

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Lots sold

306

of 489 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

63%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

120 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	16	13	81%	$563kSign up	$449kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Oil	13	11	85%	$635kSign up	$483kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Acrylic	1	1	100%	$204kSign up	$204kSign up	$204kSign up
Works on paper	67	51	76%	$31.9kSign up	$9.1kSign up	$314kSign up
Watercolor	3	3	100%	$180kSign up	$209kSign up	$291kSign up
Drawing	29	23	79%	$26.7kSign up	$9.6kSign up	$314kSign up
Prints & multiples	184	159	86%	$6.7kSign up	$4.5kSign up	$37.1kSign up
Etching	32	28	88%	$5.3kSign up	$3.9kSign up	$13.8kSign up
Engraving	3	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Aquatint	5	5	100%	$5.2kSign up	$5.7kSign up	$7.5kSign up
Lithograph	19	17	89%	$6kSign up	$4.5kSign up	$25kSign up
Screenprint	25	25	100%	$4.8kSign up	$4.4kSign up	$15.5kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	1	1	100%	$7.1kSign up	$7.1kSign up	$7.1kSign up
Print (other)	65	52	80%	$4.6kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$23.9kSign up
Multiple	34	31	91%	$13.5kSign up	$11.2kSign up	$37.1kSign up
Photography	1	1	100%	$12.9kSign up	$12.9kSign up	$12.9kSign up
Photograph	1	1	100%	$12.9kSign up	$12.9kSign up	$12.9kSign up
Sculpture	44	35	80%	$138kSign up	$52.5kSign up	$2.1MSign up
Other	177	47	27%	$420kSign up	$30.1kSign up	$3MSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	27	11	$4.5kSign up
2025	49	26	$6.5kSign up
2024	43	30	$4.6kSign up
2023	36	30	$5kSign up
2022	44	33	$5.8kSign up
2021	28	20	$6kSign up
2020	24	14	$11.4kSign up
2019	20	10	$12.6kSign up
2018	33	16	$176kSign up
2017	27	7	$138kSign up
2016	21	13	$6.3kSign up
2015	14	9	$12.6kSign up
2014	14	9	$11.6kSign up
2013	23	19	$12kSign up
2012	33	10	$23.4kSign up
2011	14	10	$9.1kSign up
2010	5	5	$11.8kSign up
2009	5	5	$5.7kSign up
2008	5	5	$10.5kSign up
2007	7	7	$16.8kSign up
2006	5	5	$15.2kSign up
2005	6	6	$5.6kSign up
2004	1	1	$209kSign up
2003	1	1	$3kSign up
2002	3	3	$6.2kSign up
2001	1	1	$1.5kSign up