Deposition by Lucio Fontana (1955)

A crucifixion scene unfolds in jagged lines. This is Deposition, Lucio Fontana’s 1955 incision into the sacred. Black gouges carve a body from the ochre ground, each slash revealing a raw, unprimed canvas beneath. The figure hangs, weightless, between two vertical wounds that double as the cross. No faces, no blood—just the act of cutting as devotion. Hang it above a console in a hallway where light glances off the ridges, or let it anchor a quiet dining corner with its hushed violence.