Lot 51 
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51
Hans Hartung
T1949-13, 1949.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 140,000 / $ 162,400 Sold:
€ 270,900 / $ 314,244 (incl. surcharge)
Hans Hartung
1904 - 1989
T1949-13. 1949.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated "2-49" in the lower right. Titled "T 49-13" on the reverse of the stretcher. 50 x 61 cm (19.6 x 24 in).
• Early, pioneering work of European Informalism.
• Distinctive artistic style: calligraphic lines infused with dynamic, rhythmic energy across vibrant fields of color.
• Just two years before its creation, Hartung had his first comprehensive solo exhibition at the legendary Lydia Conti Gallery in Paris.
• Part of an acclaimed Berlin private collection for over 40 years.
The work is registered in the archive of the Fondation Hans Hartung et Anna-Eva Bergman, Antibes, and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (with the label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 1983, Sotheby’s, London).
EXHIBITION: Hans Hartung, Kunsthaus Zurich, February 9–March 17, 1963, cat. no. 49 ( with the label on the reverse of the stretcher).
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, Modern and Contemporary Art 1945-1983, December 8, 1983, lot 666, p. 71 (illustrated in color).
1904 - 1989
T1949-13. 1949.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated "2-49" in the lower right. Titled "T 49-13" on the reverse of the stretcher. 50 x 61 cm (19.6 x 24 in).
• Early, pioneering work of European Informalism.
• Distinctive artistic style: calligraphic lines infused with dynamic, rhythmic energy across vibrant fields of color.
• Just two years before its creation, Hartung had his first comprehensive solo exhibition at the legendary Lydia Conti Gallery in Paris.
• Part of an acclaimed Berlin private collection for over 40 years.
The work is registered in the archive of the Fondation Hans Hartung et Anna-Eva Bergman, Antibes, and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (with the label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 1983, Sotheby’s, London).
EXHIBITION: Hans Hartung, Kunsthaus Zurich, February 9–March 17, 1963, cat. no. 49 ( with the label on the reverse of the stretcher).
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, Modern and Contemporary Art 1945-1983, December 8, 1983, lot 666, p. 71 (illustrated in color).
Hans Hartung's work “T1949-13” is an energetic interpretation of strokes and lines, space, and color. Upon observation, the viewer is immediately reminded of a winter day, a clear sky, or Asian script. From an art historical perspective, this work can be viewed as part of the new painting movement, where the artist's signature style becomes the primary criterion for artistic merit. The creative confidence in drawing and writing is so great that Hartung transfers even the most minor details, such as shading and curves, from the drawing to the oil painting. Our work “T1949-13” is a particularly striking example of this wealth of detail and transcription. Semicircles, spirals, and lines interact with color, surface, and space. The combination of vaguely contoured blue fields in the background and the linear, intensely black structure in the foreground allows him to accentuate the colors on one hand and preserve the expression of a particular signature style on the other. The light blue background acts as an internal light source, allowing the virtuoso composition in the foreground to shine intensely.
Hans Hartung was born in Leipzig in 1904 and began to explore non-representational art while he was still at school, creating abstract images from blots and line drawings. According to his own statements, he processed impressions of thunderstorms and lightning from his childhood in these works. After studying painting in Leipzig, Dresden, and Munich, Hans Hartung lived in Paris from 1935 onwards. Having fought for the French in World War II and losing a leg in combat, he was granted French citizenship in 1946. While personal and financial difficulties still marked his living conditions in the 1930s, his artistic career gained momentum in the post-war period. He participated in a traveling exhibition across the United States, organized by art dealer Louis Carré, who was the former owner of the present work. Hartung became acquainted with fellow painters such as Pierre Soulages and Fritz Winter. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale for the first time and also began to label his paintings according to an abstract numerical system. With his dynamic gestural painting and his fascinating compositions of planes and lines, Hans Hartung became one of the most important representatives of German Informalism during this period. [AW]
Hans Hartung was born in Leipzig in 1904 and began to explore non-representational art while he was still at school, creating abstract images from blots and line drawings. According to his own statements, he processed impressions of thunderstorms and lightning from his childhood in these works. After studying painting in Leipzig, Dresden, and Munich, Hans Hartung lived in Paris from 1935 onwards. Having fought for the French in World War II and losing a leg in combat, he was granted French citizenship in 1946. While personal and financial difficulties still marked his living conditions in the 1930s, his artistic career gained momentum in the post-war period. He participated in a traveling exhibition across the United States, organized by art dealer Louis Carré, who was the former owner of the present work. Hartung became acquainted with fellow painters such as Pierre Soulages and Fritz Winter. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale for the first time and also began to label his paintings according to an abstract numerical system. With his dynamic gestural painting and his fascinating compositions of planes and lines, Hans Hartung became one of the most important representatives of German Informalism during this period. [AW]
51
Hans Hartung
T1949-13, 1949.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 140,000 / $ 162,400 Sold:
€ 270,900 / $ 314,244 (incl. surcharge)
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