Lot 2
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Hans Hartung

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hans Hartung
  • T1956-13
  • signed and dated 56 
  • oil on canvas
  • 179,5 x 136,5 cm; 70  11/16  x 53  3/4  in.
  • Executed in 1956.

Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris 
Gimpel Fils, London
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Post War and Contemporary Art, 29 June 1989, lot  538
Private Collection
Sale: Perrin, Royère, Lajeunesse, Tableaux Abstraits et Contemporains - Sculptures, 27 June 2004, lot 107
Collection Alain & Candice Fraiberger 

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie de France, Hans Hartung, Peintures récentes, 1956
Hanover, Kestnergesellschaft; Stuttgart, Württembergische Staatsgalerie; Berlin, Haus am Waldsee; Hambourg, Kunsthalle; Nürenberg, National Museum; Cologne, Kölnische Kunstverein, Hans Hartung, 1957
Kassel, Documenta II, 1959; catalogue, p. 197, illustrated
Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Hans Hartung, 1963
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Hans Hartung, 1963
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein, Hans Hartung, 1963
Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, Hans Hartung, 1963
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hartung, 1963 - 1964; catalogue, no. 189, illustrated
Birmingham, City Museum, Hans Hartung, 1968
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les Années 50, 1988; catalogue, p. 79, illustrated

Literature

Pierre Daix, Hans Hartung, Paris, 1991, n.p., no. 296, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is lighter and the background is gray, beige in the original work. Moreover, the black strokes tend towards navy blue in the original work. Please refer to the Contemporary Art department for a professional condition report.
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Catalogue Note

"Scribbling, scratching, working on the canvas, painting it finally, seem to me to be human activities that are as immediate, spontaneous and simple as can be singing, dancing or the play of an animal that runs, stamps or snorts."
Hans Hartung