Karl Hartung - photo 1

Karl Hartung

Starting price
€ 8 500
Auction dateClassic
05.05.2018 13:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
Event location
Germany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 65290
Lot 326 | Karl Hartung
(1908 Hamburg - 1967 Berlin)
"Kugelform". Originaltitel
Bronze, goldbraun patiniert, um 1951/52. signiert-Stempel "HARTUNG" und ligiertes Künstler-Monogr.; Bisher einziger nachweisbarer Guss, lt. Auskunft der Familie ein Lebzeitguss. Die organisch gespaltene, spannungsreiche "Kugelform" zeichnet sich durch den haptischen Kontrast zwischen dem durch feine Strukturen mit Linienritzungen belebten Äußeren und der klaren, polierten Oberfläche in der halbrunden Öffnung aus. 1951/56 realisierte Hartung eine große Version - die "Große Kugelform" - als Muschelkalk-Skulptur, die in Hannover als eine der ersten abstrakten Plastiken in Deutschland im öffentlichen Raum aufgestellt wurde. Hartung hatte schon ab Mitte der 1930er Jahre zur Abstraktion gefunden, als Wegbereiter der abstrakten Plastik in Deutschland gelang ihm nach 1945 der Anschluss an die internationale Avantgarde. Höhe 19 cm.
Lit.: Markus Krause: Karl Hartung, Wvz. Nr. 481 (dort 16 cm Höhe angegeben).
Beigefügt: Brief der Vorbesitzerin vom 19. April 2005, die das Werk in den 80er Jahren von der Familie für ihre Mitarbeit am Wvz. erhielt.
Provenienz: Familie des Künstlers; Privatsammlung, Berlin.
Golden brown patinated bronze. Signature stamp and monogram. Mentioned in the catalogue raisonné.
Auction house category:Sculptures
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