La Morocha

Modern Art

1946

Lucio Fontana
Italian, born Argentina, 1899-1968

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Modern Art

Artist: Lucio Fontana
Title: La Morocha
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1946
Medium: Colored terracotta
Dimensions: 45 × 47 × 36 cm (17 3/4 × 18 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Reference Number: 2016.461

Milan, miart, Fiera d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Mar. 3–6, 2002.
New York, The Met Breuer, Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold, Jan. 22–Apr. 14, 2019.

Comisión Argentina de Fomento Internacional, Buenos Aires; Pablo Edelstein, Buenos Aires; Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milan; Fundación Lisdero, Buenos Aires; sold to private collection, New York [Finart, Milan Arte moderna e contemporanea, 15 November 2000, lot 158]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 31, 2016.

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