Six Lithographs in Colour, 1950 by Giuseppe Santomaso, b.1907

Giuseppe Santomaso, b.1907
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Six Lithographs in Colour, 1950

A rare complete set of six original lithographs in colours. 1950. Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil (38). From the total edition of 121 impressions (including 22 proofs).
Printed at the studio of Alessandrini, Rome 1950. Published by 'Collezione dell'Obelisco', Carlo Bestetti, Rome 1950. Complete with the wrapper, publication justification etc.)

Superb impressions with very rich colours. On semi-stiff cream wove paper. Excellent fresh original condition. Full margins. Images printed almost to full sheet size, as issued. Sheets: 19 1/8 x 13 1/4 ins (485x 335mm).

The set of six lithographs:

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A rare an extremely interesting and exciting group of colour lithographs dating from one of the most creative and yet infrequently seen periods of Italian modern art in the years just following the War.

Santomaso was influenced early in his life by Van Gogh (which instilled into him a brilliance of colour which he never abandoned) and by the late cubism of Braque, but it was in many ways the emotional qualities of surrealism as found in De Chirico which were most important. Just at the end of the War he linked up with other Italian avant-garde painters like Birolli, to form the ?New Italian Secession - Nuova Secessione Italiana?. In the first years of the 1950?s his work became increasingly ?gestural? (he had a strong admiration for Hartung), and it is at this period that his own ideas reached a peak.

Creative work in lithography in Italy at this date was restricted to a small number of enlightened studios, but, as in this case, there were some really unusual and inventive works being made. This group of prints (particularly scarce as a complete set) is an extremely fine and rare example of this period and shows Santomaso at his most creative.