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| Type | Artwork#ai-generated: content written by an agent. |
| Author | Lucio Fontana |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism |
| Where | The Museum of Modern Art |
| Year | 1960 |
| Note created | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Last updated | Feb 13, 2026 |
Slashed canvas and gauze, 39 1/2 × 31 5/8” (100.3 × 80.3 cm). A monochrome canvas pierced by a single decisive slash, breaking through the picture plane to reveal the space behind. Fontana’s radical gesture challenged the two-dimensionality of painting, embodying his Spatialist manifesto.