Hans Hartung - T1971-R30 - Offset lithography - Licensed print 2008 - COA

Offset lithograph by Hans Hartung (*).
Reproduction of the work 'T1971-R30', created by Hartung in 1971.
Made on high-grammage Vellum paper (220g).
Published by Arte-Paris.
Legal printing authorized by the Hartung-Bergman Foundation
Signed in plate by the artist.

Specifications

Dimensions: 65 x 85 cm
Year: 2008
Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or displayed, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, so it is offered in perfect condition).
Provenance: Private Collection.

The item will be carefully handled and packaged in a reinforced cardboard box. The shipment will be certified with a tracking number.

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the artwork with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Hans Hartung is an important German painter who became a French citizen, known for his abstract works of black calligraphic strokes on colored backgrounds.
He was born in Leipzig into a family of physicists. His grandfather was also a self-taught painter and composer. Between 1915 and 1926, he studied classical languages at the Dresden Gymnasium and philosophy and art history at the university and the Leipzig School of Fine Arts. Later, he enrolled at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.
During the summer of 1926, he traveled by bicycle through France, Italy, and Spain. In 1931, he exhibited for the first time in Dresden. In 1937, at a group exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, he met the great Spanish sculptor Julio González, who would have a profound influence on him. González offered him all kinds of support and encouraged him to pursue his own artistic path.
During the pre-war period, Hartung settled in Paris to escape the Nazi regime and exhibited in several galleries. In 1938, he participated in an anti-Nazi exhibition at the New Burlington Gallery in London, Great Britain.
In 1939, he was imprisoned in Spain and later enlisted in the Foreign Legion in North Africa. In 1944, he was seriously wounded during the Siege of Belfort and lost a leg. After the war, he became a French citizen and in 1947 held a major solo exhibition in Paris.
From the beginning, he distanced himself from the Bauhaus movement, which he considered a mere passing fad. His purely abstract paintings reflect his view on the representation of reality: free and pure expression must transcend reality. The rapid brushstroke was a fundamental characteristic of his working method.
Speed in the creative process was, in his own words, a spiritual necessity. He received several awards, including the Guggenheim Prize in 1956 and the Grand Prize at the Venice Biennale in 1960.