Karl Hartung. Weiblicher Torso - photo 1
Karl Hartung. Weiblicher Torso - photo 2
Karl Hartung. Weiblicher Torso - photo 3
Karl Hartung. Weiblicher Torso - photo 4
ID 1515121
Lot 187 | Karl Hartung. Weiblicher Torso
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
HARTUNG, KARL
1908 Hamburg - 1967 Berlin

Title: Weiblicher Torso.
Date: 1948/49 (draft).
Technique: Bronze, reddish-brown patinated.
Measurement: 41 x 28 x 16cm.
Notation: With the estate stamp underneath: HARTUNG.


This bronze is one of six authorized casts from a total edition of 6 + 1 AP.

Provenance:
- Estate of the artist
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin
- Hubertus and Renate Wald Collection, Hamburg
- Private collection, Berlin
- Galerie Krümmer, Hamburg
- Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the previous owner in 2015)

Exhibitions:
- Haus am Waldsee, Berlin 1952
- Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1953
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin 1989
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Kampen/Sylt 1989
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin 1989

Literature:
- Krause, Markus: Karl Hartung, 1908-1967, Metamorphosen von Mensch und Natur. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Munich 1998, cat. rais. no. 412, Ill.
- Haus am Waldsee, Berlin 1952, cat. no. 90
- Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1953, cat. no. 28
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin 1989
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Kampen/Sylt 1989, cat. no. 62
- Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin 1989, cat. no. 62

- Captivates with its modern, minimalist design language and sensuous, soft sweep
- Co-founder of the "Berliner Neue Gruppe" in 1949 alongside Karl Hofer and Karl Schmitt-Rottluff, and supporter of the re-establishment of the Deutscher Künstlerbund
- Another example of this bronze is in the collection of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt
- Beautiful golden-brown patina.
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