Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000631
Lot 125000631
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125000631
Karl Hartung
Liegende, 1950/52.
Bronze with dark green patina
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,900 - 45,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Liegende. 1950/52.
Bronze with dark green patina.
With estate stamp on the stand. From an edition of 6+1 copies. 27 x 64.5 x 8.5 cm (10.6 x 25.3 x 3.3 in).
Authorized cast from the artist's estate: cast in the late 1980s in Pietrasanta, Italy, under the supervision of Karl Hartung's daughter Hanne Hartung. [CH]
From June 28 to October 15, 2025, Karl Hartung's work will be honored with a solo exhibition curated by Dr. Joachim Jäger at the sculpture park and exhibition buildings of the Ludes Foundation in Potsdam.
• Expression of modernity: consistent abstraction, radical reduction, and angular, cubist forms.
• Fascinating artistic position between figuration and abstraction.
• Titian, Goya, Ingres, Manet: Hartung translates the art-historical motif of the reclining female nude into his own abstract sculptural language.
• Lively, particularly appealing tactile surface texture.
• This is the first time a copy of this “Liegende” is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Hartung experienced a particularly fruitful creative phase and his artistic breakthrough in the post-war years.
• Bronzes by the artist from around 1950 can be found in, among others, the collections of the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Folkwang Museum in Essen.
We are grateful to the Karl Hartung Estate for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
LITERATURE: Markus Krause, Karl Hartung 1908-1967. Metamorphosen von Mensch und Natur. Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Munich 1998, cat. no. 451 (illustrated in black and white on p. 231).
Bronze with dark green patina.
With estate stamp on the stand. From an edition of 6+1 copies. 27 x 64.5 x 8.5 cm (10.6 x 25.3 x 3.3 in).
Authorized cast from the artist's estate: cast in the late 1980s in Pietrasanta, Italy, under the supervision of Karl Hartung's daughter Hanne Hartung. [CH]
From June 28 to October 15, 2025, Karl Hartung's work will be honored with a solo exhibition curated by Dr. Joachim Jäger at the sculpture park and exhibition buildings of the Ludes Foundation in Potsdam.
• Expression of modernity: consistent abstraction, radical reduction, and angular, cubist forms.
• Fascinating artistic position between figuration and abstraction.
• Titian, Goya, Ingres, Manet: Hartung translates the art-historical motif of the reclining female nude into his own abstract sculptural language.
• Lively, particularly appealing tactile surface texture.
• This is the first time a copy of this “Liegende” is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Hartung experienced a particularly fruitful creative phase and his artistic breakthrough in the post-war years.
• Bronzes by the artist from around 1950 can be found in, among others, the collections of the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Folkwang Museum in Essen.
We are grateful to the Karl Hartung Estate for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
LITERATURE: Markus Krause, Karl Hartung 1908-1967. Metamorphosen von Mensch und Natur. Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Munich 1998, cat. no. 451 (illustrated in black and white on p. 231).
125000631
Karl Hartung
Liegende, 1950/52.
Bronze with dark green patina
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,900 - 45,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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