Lot 311 
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311
Giuseppe Santomaso
Miraggio (Fata Morgana), 1958.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 69,600 Sold:
€ 77,400 / $ 89,784 (incl. surcharge)
Giuseppe Santomaso
1907 - 1990
Miraggio (Fata Morgana). 1958.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Titled on the stretcher. 116 x 89 cm (45.6 x 35 in). [KA].
• Expressive abstraction with energetic lines and intense colors.
• Giuseppe Santomaso was a key figure in abstract art in post-war Italy.
• In 1955, 1959, and 1964, he participated in documenta I, II, and III in Kassel.
• Today, the artist's fascinating works can be found in important museum collections such as the Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo (NY), the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired in 1989, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg).
Since then in family ownership.
EXHIBITION: Santomaso, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, March 31–April 18, 1959, cat. no. 3.
Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947–1965 (Giuseppe Santomaso: Paintings and Gouaches 1947–1965), Kunstverein Hamburg, October 30–November 29, 1965;
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, March 6–27, 1966; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, April 23–May 22, 1966, cat. no. 11 (with b/w illustration, with label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Santomaso. Ölbilder 1956-1965, Gouachen, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, January 22-February 23, 1966, cat. no. 5 (with the title “Fata Morgana,” with the label on the reverse of the stretcher).
LITERATURE: Nico Stringa, Giuseppe Santomaso, Catalogo ragionato, Volume secondo, Turin 2017, CR No. 365 (with b/w ill.)
Giuseppe Santomaso, Santomaso. Catalogue raisonné 1931-1974, Venice 1975, CR no. 284 (with ill.)
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Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 277th auction, modern art, June 10, 1989, lot 1077 (with illustration, plate 243).
1907 - 1990
Miraggio (Fata Morgana). 1958.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Titled on the stretcher. 116 x 89 cm (45.6 x 35 in). [KA].
• Expressive abstraction with energetic lines and intense colors.
• Giuseppe Santomaso was a key figure in abstract art in post-war Italy.
• In 1955, 1959, and 1964, he participated in documenta I, II, and III in Kassel.
• Today, the artist's fascinating works can be found in important museum collections such as the Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo (NY), the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired in 1989, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg).
Since then in family ownership.
EXHIBITION: Santomaso, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, March 31–April 18, 1959, cat. no. 3.
Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947–1965 (Giuseppe Santomaso: Paintings and Gouaches 1947–1965), Kunstverein Hamburg, October 30–November 29, 1965;
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, March 6–27, 1966; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, April 23–May 22, 1966, cat. no. 11 (with b/w illustration, with label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Santomaso. Ölbilder 1956-1965, Gouachen, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, January 22-February 23, 1966, cat. no. 5 (with the title “Fata Morgana,” with the label on the reverse of the stretcher).
LITERATURE: Nico Stringa, Giuseppe Santomaso, Catalogo ragionato, Volume secondo, Turin 2017, CR No. 365 (with b/w ill.)
Giuseppe Santomaso, Santomaso. Catalogue raisonné 1931-1974, Venice 1975, CR no. 284 (with ill.)
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Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 277th auction, modern art, June 10, 1989, lot 1077 (with illustration, plate 243).
311
Giuseppe Santomaso
Miraggio (Fata Morgana), 1958.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 69,600 Sold:
€ 77,400 / $ 89,784 (incl. surcharge)
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