Hans Hartung (1904-1989), "T1972 -H17", 26 December 1972, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated 72, 81x100 cm

This work is listed in the archives ofthe Hartung Bergman Foundation and will be included in the artist's catalogueraisonné in preparation.

Provenance: Maeght Gallery, Zurich,1973; Acquired from the Semiha Huber Gallery in Zurich on 27 June 1988 by thepresent owner.

Exhibition:  Hans Hartung, Recent Paintings, MaeghtGallery, Zürich, 1973

Bibliography:  Peter Althaus, Hartung, Werner Rusche,Cologne, 1973

The work entitled T1972-H17 does nothave a traditional title but a temporal data like all the paintings in hisproduction, in order to give no limit to the viewer's perception.

It was in the 1970s, at the height ofhis international recognition that Hartung began to paint his last and mostexperimental works. In constant renewal, he makes or modifies tools such asvine sprayers, rakes and rubber whips that replace the brush. After being thefounding father of Lyric Abstraction, he became in this last period one of thefirst gestural artists of Action Painting. 

His palette, characteristic of the PostPop Art period, is bright, acidic, and only reinforces the power of the visualimpact and the vitality that emanates from the canvas.

Hartung did not believe in automatismbut wanted to bring out the emotions of the soul with control, even in thespeed of gesture.

"Energy is a force that can beincorporated in any form and take on any aspect".

Hans Hartung (1904-1989), "T1972 -H17", 26 December 1972, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated 72, 81x100 cm

This work is listed in the archives ofthe Hartung Bergman Foundation and will be included in the artist's catalogueraisonné in preparation.

Provenance: Maeght Gallery, Zurich,1973; Acquired from the Semiha Huber Gallery in Zurich on 27 June 1988 by thepresent owner.

Exhibition:  Hans Hartung, Recent Paintings, MaeghtGallery, Zürich, 1973

Bibliography:  Peter Althaus, Hartung, Werner Rusche,Cologne, 1973

The work entitled T1972-H17 does nothave a traditional title but a temporal data like all the paintings in hisproduction, in order to give no limit to the viewer's perception.

It was in the 1970s, at the height ofhis international recognition that Hartung began to paint his last and mostexperimental works. In constant renewal, he makes or modifies tools such asvine sprayers, rakes and rubber whips that replace the brush. After being thefounding father of Lyric Abstraction, he became in this last period one of thefirst gestural artists of Action Painting. 

His palette, characteristic of the PostPop Art period, is bright, acidic, and only reinforces the power of the visualimpact and the vitality that emanates from the canvas.

Hartung did not believe in automatismbut wanted to bring out the emotions of the soul with control, even in thespeed of gesture.

"Energy is a force that can beincorporated in any form and take on any aspect".

Très bon état de conservation
Le montage semble d'origine
Bonne tension de la toile sur son châssis
Très bonne adhésion de la couche picturale

Légères usures sur les bordures au niveau de l'encadrement dont une petite lacune en bas à gauche sur l'arrête du châssis
Nous n'avons pas décelé de traces de restauration ni de dommage majeur