Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich button next Lot 138

 

138
Hans Hartung
P 1959-104, 1959.
Graphite and color Pastel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,340
Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 21,526

(incl. surcharge)
P 1959-104. 1959.
Graphite and color Pastel.
Lower right signed, dated "10/5/60" and dedicated. Titled, inscribed and with a directiuon arrow on the reverse. On firm paper. 37 x 27 cm (14.5 x 10.6 in). [JS].

• Hans Hartung, one of the most important representatives of European Informalism and one of the most influential protagonists of the École de Paris.
• The brushstroke is the central characteristic of Hartung's multifaceted oeuvre.
• In 1975, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, dedicated a solo exhibition to the European protagonist of abstract painting
.

The work is registered in the archive of the Fondation Hans Hartung et Anna-Eva Bergman, Antibes and will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.

PROVENANCE: Collection Sonja Henie und Niels Onstad, Høvikodden/Norway.
Galerie Stangl, Munich.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1983).




138
Hans Hartung
P 1959-104, 1959.
Graphite and color Pastel
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,340
Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 21,526

(incl. surcharge)

 


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