Hans Hartung

Galerie de France, Parigi
Collection Ennio Sala, Milano
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 1990 circa

This work is in very good condition. There are few areas of thin and stable craquelures along the margins visible only by close inspection. The colour blue of the composition actually tends more to a greenish compared to the catalogue illustration.
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L'opera è accompagnata da attestato di libera circolazione

An export licence is available for this lot 

“ Scarabocchiare, grattare, agire sulla tela, dipingere infine, mi sembrano delle attività umane così immediate, spontanee e semplici come lo possono essere il canto, la danza o il gioco di un animale che corre, scalpita o si scrolla. Una pianta che cresce, la pulsazione del sangue, tutto quello che è germinazione, crescita, slancio vitale, forza viva, resistenza, dolore o gioia possono trovare la propria incarnazione particolare, il proprio segno, in una linea morbida o flessibile, curva e fiera, rigida o possente, in una macchia di colore stridente, gioioso o sinistro".
(Autoritratto.Hans Hartung, Torino, 2000)