Lot 161
  • 161

Hans Hartung

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hans Hartung
  • Sans titre
  • signé et daté
  • pastel sur papier

  • 48,4 x 64,9 cm ; 19 1/2 x 25 9/16 in.
  • Exécuté en 1947.

Provenance

Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. The sheet is attached to the mount at the four edges. There are four artist's pinholes at each of the four corners. A minor 8 mm tear in the middle of the upper edge is absolutely not visible under the frame. A slight discoulouration is visible along the edges, probably due to the mounting. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; pastel on paper. Executed in 1947.

«Le contact d'un angle aigu avec un cercle n'a pas un effet moindre que celui du doigt de Dieu avec le doigt d'Adam chez Michel-Ange» (Hans Hartung in Hartung, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1980, préface, n.p.).