HANS HARTUNG | UNTITLED

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Property from a Private Collection

HANS HARTUNG

1904 - 1989

UNTITLED

signed and dated 47

pastel on paper laid down on paperboard

Sheet: 17 ½ by 23 ¼ in. (44.5 by 59.1 cm.)

Paperboard: 18¾ by 24¾ in. (47.6 by 62.9 cm.)

Framed: 22¼ by 27¼ in. (56.5 by 69.2 cm.)

This work is registered in the archives of the Fondation Hartung Bergman. It will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Hans Hartung currently being prepared by the Fondation Hartung Bergman.

Lydia Conti Gallery, Paris

Collection Jean Pollack, Paris

Artcurial, Paris, 25 October 2011, Lot 12

Private Collection, Florida

“I am always, always looking for a law, the alchemic rule that can turn rhythm, movement and colour into gold; to transmute apparent disorder with the sole aim of conveying perfect movement and so creating order in disorder, and order through disorder.”

Hans Hartung cited in: Jennifer Mundy, Hans Hartung: Works on Paper 1922-56, London 1996, P. 20