Capitolium Art's "Selected" Auction Puts a 1959 Fontana Crucifixion on the Block in Brescia

A glazed terracotta Crocifissione from 1959 by Lucio Fontana leads Capitolium Art's Arte Moderna e Contemporanea "Selected" sale, catalogued as lot 20 with an estimate of 180,000–220,000 euros. The sculpture appears in the "Catalogo ragionato delle sculture, ceramiche" edited by Luca Massimo Barbero. The auction takes place in traditional format on 29 October 2026, one of the house's principal appointments in the year's second half; lots can be viewed on 27 and 28 October at Palazzo Cigola Fenaroli Valotti in Brescia. Agostino Bonalumi's 1968 vinyl tempera on shaped canvas Blu, lot 21, carries an estimate of 50,000–70,000 euros, and its exhibition history runs through Galleria Annunciata and Galleria Blu in Milan and Galleria Fumagalli in Bergamo. Hans Hartung's T1961-53 from 1961, lot 26, is estimated at 80,000–120,000 euros; it was shown in January 1972 at Galleria d'Arte La Nuova Loggia in Bologna and passed through Galerie de France in Paris. Further lots include Sándor Bortnyk's Composizione di automi. Parizs Langjai (Le fiamme di Parigi), circa 1929, lot 4 at 30,000–50,000 euros; Valerio Adami's Chi è la vittima? of 1974, lot 45 at 60,000–80,000 euros; Carla Accardi's Nerorosso of 1993, lot 35 at 30,000–40,000 euros; and Mario Ceroli's Farfalla of 1967, lot 53 at 60,000–80,000 euros. The full catalogue is available online.