L 116

1963 (published 1964)

Hans Hartung

Associated Names
Hans Hartung

Artist, French, born Germany, 1904 - 1989

Erker Presse

Printer

Dokumenta

Publisher

The image shows sharp intersecting lines and soft curves creating a dense network of forms. The abstract artwork resembles tall grasses or fine strands of hair weaving in and out of one another. The forms appear intricate, entangled, fragile, and robust.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 60.96 × 45.4 cm (24 × 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 76.36 × 56.67 cm (30 1/16 × 22 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3276

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mason 2010, no. 194

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Moses Lasky, San Francisco, California; Lasky Charitable Lead Trust, New York, 2002; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1965

  • Schmücking, Rolf. Hans Hartung: Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, 1921-1965. Braunschweig, Germany: Galerie Schmücking, 1965, no. 179.

2010

  • Mason, Rainer Michael. Hans Hartung: Les estampes, catalogue raisonné. Geneva, Switzerland: Fondation Hans Hartung et Anna-Eva Bergman, 2010, no. 194. http://hhestampes.com

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 28/50; lower right in graphite: Hans Hartung

Markings

embossed lower left: Erker Presse / St. Gallen

Watermarks

BFK / Rives

Wikidata ID

Q77010160

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