Acquired directly from the artist by Willem Sandberg for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in July 1964

Venice, Italian Pavillon, XXXII Biennale Internationale, 1964, no. 167
Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Giuseppe Santomaso, Gemälde und Gouachen 1947-1965, 1965, p. 18, no. 39, illustrated
Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Moderne Italiaanse Kunst uit Nederlands bezit, no. 162
Eindhoven, Bijenkorf (& travellling), Kunst over de Drempel, 1985
Zevenaar, Turmac, 30 jaar Peter Stuyvesant Collectie : Hommage à Spinoza, 1990
Zug, Huberte Goote Gallery, The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, 1992-1993

Luisa Alfieri, Santomaso. Catalogue Raisonné 1931-1974, Venice 1975, no. 434, illustrated

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is less yellowish and slightly darker in the original. The whites are richer. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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This work is registered under Number Sot / 1003 in the Santomaso Archive, care of Galleria Blu, Milano