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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 31, 2017 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Contemporary Art I | 203 | $****** - ****** | Spazio Aperto n. 1 |
paintings
117 x 117 cm (46.06 x 46.06 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated Santomaso ‘63; signed and dated again Santomaso ‘63 on the reverse
Galerie im Erker, St. Gallen (label on the reverse)
A. Pulin Collection, Milan
Galleria Contini & Vecchiato, Forte dei Marmi,
Lucca (certificate available)
European Private Collection
St. Gallen, Santomaso, Galerie im Erker, February-March 1964, no. 20
Lucerne, Santomaso, Räber Gallery, November 1964-January 1965, no. 20 New York, Santomaso, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1965, no. 3 (titled Spazio Aperto) (torn label on the reverse)
Hamburg, Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, Haus am Lützowplatz, 1965
Berlin, Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, Haus am Lützowplatz, 1966
Dortmund, Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, Museum am Ostwall, 1966, no. 49 (titled Spazio Aperto)
Munich, Santomaso. Ölbilder 1956-1965, Gouachen, Galerie Günther Francke, 1966, no. 21
Milan, Santomaso. Opere 1939-1986, Palazzo Reale, 1986, no. 31, p. 44 with ill.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Santomaso. Werke 1939-1986, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, 1986, no.31, p. 56 with ill.
Codogno, Presenze dell’informale in Italia, 1994-1995, p. 50 with ill.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4 February 1966, with ill. Santomaso Catalogue raisonné 1931-1974, Alfieri (ed.), Venice, 1975, no. 421 with ill.
(Venice 1907-1990)
Spazio Aperto n. 1, 1963, signed and dated Santomaso ‘63; signed and dated again Santomaso ‘63 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 117 x 117 cm, framed
This work will be included in the “Catalogue raisonné” of the artist currently being prepared by the Archivio Giuseppe Santomaso and Umberto Allemandi Editore.
Provenance:
Galerie im Erker, St. Gallen (label on the reverse)
A. Pulin Collection, Milan
Galleria Contini & Vecchiato, Forte dei Marmi,
Lucca (certificate available)
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
St. Gallen, Santomaso, Galerie im Erker, February-March 1964, no. 20
Lucerne, Santomaso, Räber Gallery, November 1964-January 1965, no. 20 New York, Santomaso, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1965, no. 3 (titled Spazio Aperto) (torn label on the reverse)
Hamburg, Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, Haus am Lützowplatz, 1965
Berlin, Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, Haus am Lützowplatz, 1966
Dortmund, Giuseppe Santomaso. Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, Museum am Ostwall, 1966, no. 49 (titled Spazio Aperto)
Munich, Santomaso. Ölbilder 1956-1965, Gouachen, Galerie Günther Francke, 1966, no. 21
Milan, Santomaso. Opere 1939-1986, Palazzo Reale, 1986, no. 31, p. 44 with ill.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Santomaso. Werke 1939-1986, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, 1986, no.31, p. 56 with ill.
Codogno, Presenze dell’informale in Italia, 1994-1995, p. 50 with ill.
Literature:
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4 February 1966, with ill. Santomaso Catalogue raisonné 1931-1974, Alfieri (ed.), Venice, 1975, no. 421 with ill.
Although Santomaso never ceases to place his research in relation to the world of “things”, his art defines itself as a growing exploration of the essential relationships between the “soul” of form and the “soul” of colour. Form coincides with the expansion of colour on the surface, colour stops and a mark refuses to move in order to make space for another form. This is a succession that results from surface juxtaposition and does not have an illusionist or representative purpose. Its aim is the possibility of a whole made up of stasis and movement, of emergence and disappearance.
Nico Stringa, L’esperienza astratta, in catalogue of the exhibition Giuseppe Santomaso e l’opzione astratta, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice 2008
