The activity of archiving Lucio Fontana’s works, which began after the artist’s death, was from the very beginning an essential tool for the systematization of his production and enabled the creation of a series of catalogs raisonnés, edited by Enrico Crispolti.
All editions of the catalogs have been promoted by the foundation and produced in close collaboration with the curators. They are fundamental tools of research, the outcome of careful work on the recognition of works, bibliographic-exhibit and documentary research, which is constantly evolving and being updated.
The series is organized into several volumes that present Fontana’s production through a chronological and, within this, typological or thematic unfolding: from the first catalog, dedicated to sculptures, paintings, and environments of which three editions edited by Enrico Crispolti (1974, 1986, 2006) have been produced, to the publications edited by Luca Massimo Barbero and respectively dedicated to works on paper (2013) and ceramic sculptures (2022).
Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni
with English text
edited by Enrico Crispolti
with the collaboration of Nini Ardemagni Laurini and Valeria Ernesti
Skira, Milan, 2006
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Previous editions: La Connaissance, Bruxelles, 1974; Electa, Milan, 1986
Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato delle opere su carta
with English text
edited by Luca Massimo Barbero
with the collaboration of Nini Ardemagni Laurini and Silvia Ardemagni
Skira, Milan, 2013
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Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato delle sculture ceramiche
with English text
edited by Luca Massimo Barbero
with the collaboration of Silvia Ardemagni and Maria Villa
Skira, Milan, 2022
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