Oil and mixed media on paper, on canvas, partly collaged. Signed and dated in the lower left. Twice signed and dated as well as titled and inscribed with the dimensios on the reverse. 59 x 31 cm. . [KA].
- Giuseppe Santomaso was represented at the Venice Biennale several times during his lifetime and exhibited three times at the documenta in Kassel in the 1950s and 1960s. - In the 1970s, when the work offered here was created, Santomaso was honored with extensive solo exhibitions at, among others, the Fondacio Joan Miró in Barcelona and the Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst in Munich. - While the paintings of the 1950s and 1960s were still characterized by a powerful informal expression and free, graphic forms, architectural and constructive elements increasingly predominated in these creative years. - Today, the artist's fascinating works are part of major museum collections, including the Museum Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
LITERATURE: Nico Stringa, Giuseppe Santomaso, Catalogo ragionato, Turin 2017, no. 891 (illustrated) - - Christie's, London, Impressionist, Modern and Contempoaray Paintings, Drawings Sculpture and Picasso Ceramics, March 18, 1996, lot 134 (illustrated).

Giuseppe Santomaso. Ölbilder, Gouachen, Graphik, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt, September 26-November 8, 1975; Galerie Begemann, Baden-Baden, 1976, cat. no. 12. Giuseppe Santomaso. Homage to Giuseppe Santomaso, Galleria Daniele Ugolini, Florence, June 6-July 26, 1996

Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired in 1996, Christie's, London). Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (inherited from the above). In family ownership since

In good condition. With minor studio marks and small adhesive residue in places. The upper black area has slight rubbing and a small loss.