Lot 311 
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Giuseppe Santomaso
Miraggio (Fata Morgana), 1958.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 69,600 - 92,800
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).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.41 h +/- 20 min.
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).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.41 h +/- 20 min.
311
Giuseppe Santomaso
Miraggio (Fata Morgana), 1958.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 69,600 - 92,800
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Giuseppe Santomaso "Miraggio (Fata Morgana)"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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