Lucio Fontana - Spatial Concept - Ceiling Decoration Entrance IX Triennale di Milano

Rare pair of vintage gelatin silver photographic prints, executed by the Farabola studio of Milan in 1951, documenting the innovative environmental installation 'Spatial Concept' by Lucio Fontana for the entrance of the IX Triennale di Milano. The images capture the revolutionary ceiling with luminous neon cuts, a foundational element of Fontana's Spatialism that anticipates the celebrated 'Cuts' on canvas. On the verso, precious contemporary handwritten inscriptions identify the work, author and occasion, accompanied by the Farabola studio stamp, renowned for documenting postwar Italian architecture and design. A visual document of primary importance for the history of Italian environmental art and for Fontana studies, these prints testify to a crucial moment in the career of the Italian-Argentine artist, when the spatial concept was translated for the first time into an architectural intervention on a monumental scale.