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Italy, 1952
reverse-painted glass, walnut 18½ h × 40½ w × 40½ d in (47 × 103 × 103 cm)
reverse-painted glass, walnut 18½ h × 40½ w × 40½ d in (47 × 103 × 103 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $50,000
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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