Skip to Content
Shop
Search
About
Contact
VS Blog
Versacrum Studio
Login Account
0
0
Shop
Search
About
Contact
VS Blog
Versacrum Studio
Login Account
0
0
Shop
Search
About
Contact
VS Blog
Login Account
Shop Hans Hartung - ‘Composition’ Lithograph (1968, New York Graphic Society)
434997CE-E22F-43B2-AA70-0A8FCAE3EC98 Image 1 of 6
434997CE-E22F-43B2-AA70-0A8FCAE3EC98
8BD387E0-3614-4465-99CE-77439276E2E7 Image 2 of 6
8BD387E0-3614-4465-99CE-77439276E2E7
5D65DC0F-F81A-42DB-9CDA-50D3C11C20F9 Image 3 of 6
5D65DC0F-F81A-42DB-9CDA-50D3C11C20F9
3A756608-B942-40E9-AB8F-1CE3A29EAE5C Image 4 of 6
3A756608-B942-40E9-AB8F-1CE3A29EAE5C
7E48ADE0-F117-4758-B483-816B63442433 Image 5 of 6
7E48ADE0-F117-4758-B483-816B63442433
700F1532-D11E-4F09-BB6B-8A1C23C04FEF Image 6 of 6
700F1532-D11E-4F09-BB6B-8A1C23C04FEF
434997CE-E22F-43B2-AA70-0A8FCAE3EC98
8BD387E0-3614-4465-99CE-77439276E2E7
5D65DC0F-F81A-42DB-9CDA-50D3C11C20F9
3A756608-B942-40E9-AB8F-1CE3A29EAE5C
7E48ADE0-F117-4758-B483-816B63442433
700F1532-D11E-4F09-BB6B-8A1C23C04FEF

Hans Hartung - ‘Composition’ Lithograph (1968, New York Graphic Society)

$585.00
sold out

Hans Hartung (German, 1904-1989) - Composition Lithograph (1968, New York Graphic Society). Limited Edition lithograph by Hans Hartung printed by the New York Graphic Society in 1968. Signed and dated in plate in the lower left corner. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Original label tag included.

Size: 37.25”H x 28”W

Hans Hartung was a French-German artist known for his lyrical abstractions and involvement in the Art Informel movement. Hartung’s idiosyncratic paintings and lithographs were created with distinctive swirls, scribbles, and hatch marks, he made by scratching, erasing, and reapplying pigment. “The first and most important thing is to remain free, free in each line you undertake, in your ideas and in your political action, in your moral conduct,” he once stated. “The artist especially must remain free from all outer restraints.” Born on September 21, 1904 in Leipzig, Germany, Hartung studied philosophy and art history at Leipzig University but left before graduating to study art at academies in Dresden, Leipzig, and Munich. Moving to Paris in the late-1920s, the artist joined the French Foreign Legion and was later imprisoned by the Gestapo during World War II, both for serving in a foreign army and his “degenerate” painting style. After the war, Hartung became associated with the artists Jean Fautrier and Pierre Soulages, who had also adopted a spontaneous and gestural style free from rigid formal constraints. Hartung’s work would go on to have a significant impact on American abstract painters during the early 1960s, including Helen Frankenthaler and Sam Francis. The artist died on December 7, 1989 in Antibes, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., among others.

Get notified by email when this product is in stock.
Add To Cart

Hans Hartung (German, 1904-1989) - Composition Lithograph (1968, New York Graphic Society). Limited Edition lithograph by Hans Hartung printed by the New York Graphic Society in 1968. Signed and dated in plate in the lower left corner. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Original label tag included.

Size: 37.25”H x 28”W

Hans Hartung was a French-German artist known for his lyrical abstractions and involvement in the Art Informel movement. Hartung’s idiosyncratic paintings and lithographs were created with distinctive swirls, scribbles, and hatch marks, he made by scratching, erasing, and reapplying pigment. “The first and most important thing is to remain free, free in each line you undertake, in your ideas and in your political action, in your moral conduct,” he once stated. “The artist especially must remain free from all outer restraints.” Born on September 21, 1904 in Leipzig, Germany, Hartung studied philosophy and art history at Leipzig University but left before graduating to study art at academies in Dresden, Leipzig, and Munich. Moving to Paris in the late-1920s, the artist joined the French Foreign Legion and was later imprisoned by the Gestapo during World War II, both for serving in a foreign army and his “degenerate” painting style. After the war, Hartung became associated with the artists Jean Fautrier and Pierre Soulages, who had also adopted a spontaneous and gestural style free from rigid formal constraints. Hartung’s work would go on to have a significant impact on American abstract painters during the early 1960s, including Helen Frankenthaler and Sam Francis. The artist died on December 7, 1989 in Antibes, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., among others.

Hans Hartung (German, 1904-1989) - Composition Lithograph (1968, New York Graphic Society). Limited Edition lithograph by Hans Hartung printed by the New York Graphic Society in 1968. Signed and dated in plate in the lower left corner. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Original label tag included.

Size: 37.25”H x 28”W

Hans Hartung was a French-German artist known for his lyrical abstractions and involvement in the Art Informel movement. Hartung’s idiosyncratic paintings and lithographs were created with distinctive swirls, scribbles, and hatch marks, he made by scratching, erasing, and reapplying pigment. “The first and most important thing is to remain free, free in each line you undertake, in your ideas and in your political action, in your moral conduct,” he once stated. “The artist especially must remain free from all outer restraints.” Born on September 21, 1904 in Leipzig, Germany, Hartung studied philosophy and art history at Leipzig University but left before graduating to study art at academies in Dresden, Leipzig, and Munich. Moving to Paris in the late-1920s, the artist joined the French Foreign Legion and was later imprisoned by the Gestapo during World War II, both for serving in a foreign army and his “degenerate” painting style. After the war, Hartung became associated with the artists Jean Fautrier and Pierre Soulages, who had also adopted a spontaneous and gestural style free from rigid formal constraints. Hartung’s work would go on to have a significant impact on American abstract painters during the early 1960s, including Helen Frankenthaler and Sam Francis. The artist died on December 7, 1989 in Antibes, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., among others.

You Might Also Like

Antique Continental Landscape with Stream and Trees by Frederick Manning, Signed (Oil on Board) B3A655BD-7FD1-47E1-9389-F80DA5091B11.png DF77EDEB-E76C-43A6-9E48-B6EC5BC305CE.png 2DB53A19-191F-46B6-B631-A773E355B85E.png 8C747637-73A0-45B8-9CCB-E7A660BCBB9E.png D051918A-94BA-455F-AA21-417AC4F0411D.png 5433BF11-B7FF-4A52-9323-59995E2FDA1B.jpeg
Antique Continental Landscape with Stream and Trees by Frederick Manning, Signed (Oil on Board)
$315.00
sold out
75AFC76D-284B-4150-9B3B-FEC113FE4E9B 75AFC76D-284B-4150-9B3B-FEC113FE4E9B 75AFC76D-284B-4150-9B3B-FEC113FE4E9B 75AFC76D-284B-4150-9B3B-FEC113FE4E9B 75AFC76D-284B-4150-9B3B-FEC113FE4E9B
1940s Pastel Seated Male in Jockstrap Figurative Drawing on Muscletone
$225.00
sold out
Primitive Bobbin Winder 492EB05A-3AB0-4655-BA52-86CB583D35D2 4E6AA8FB-F445-416E-B542-6D71614E78DB CD483586-FEAA-4826-85BC-4D57F9204271
Primitive Bobbin Winder
$250.00
sold out
Large Vintage Folk Art Glazed Handled Jug with Snake, Signed IMG_3321.png IMG_3319.png IMG_3318.png IMG_3293.jpeg IMG_3292.jpeg IMG_3282.jpeg IMG_3281.jpeg IMG_3284.jpeg
Large Vintage Folk Art Glazed Handled Jug with Snake, Signed
$425.00
sold out
Vintage Hand Built African Four Spout Polychrome Terracotta Vessel IMG_3380.jpeg IMG_3382.jpeg IMG_3387.jpeg IMG_3388.jpeg IMG_3381.jpeg IMG_3386.jpeg IMG_3385.jpeg IMG_3384.jpeg
Vintage Hand Built African Four Spout Polychrome Terracotta Vessel
$325.00
sold out