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Lot 8
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Hans Hartung

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hans Hartung
  • T 1946-6
  • signé et daté 46
  • huile sur panneau
  • 31 x 60 cm; 12 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.

Provenance

Paris, Galerie Lydia Conti (1948)
Vente : Sotheby's, Londres, Contemporary Art, 28 juin 2001, lot 194
Vente : Versailles Enchères, Perrin, Royère, Lajeunesse, Tableaux Abstraits et Contemporains, 15 décembre 2002, lot 66
Collection particulière, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Lydia Conti, Hans Hartung : dessins 1922-1948, 1948

Condition

The colors are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. Six pinhead sized paint losses located approx 30 cm from the right edge and 15 cm from the lower edge are only visible under very close inspection. Under UV light inspection, there is no evidence of any retouching. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Je ne crois pas avoir un tempérament de glace, mais j'ai toujours préféré les couleurs froides : le bleu, le vert turquoise très clair, le jaune citron, le brun foncé presque noir, ou tirant sur le vert.
Je trouve que plus les couleurs froides sont pures, mieux on y respire.
Hans Hartung in Hans Hartung, Le Geste et la méthode, Paris, Fondation Maeght, 2008, p.52