Lot 54
Lot 54
Lot Details
Property from a Distinguished Private German Collection
Karl Hartung
1908 - 1967
Vogel (Bird)
inscribed HARTUNG and with estate stamp (on the underside)
bronze
Height: 40 cm.
15¾ in.
Conceived circa 1937 and cast after 1967, this work is one of 6 unnumbered posthumous casts, plus 1 artist's proof.
We are thankful to the Estate Karl Hartung, Bad Bramstedt for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Condition Report
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Karl Hartung, 1952, no. 6, another cast illustrated
Katharina Schneider, 'Reichtum figürlichPhantasie. Der Bildhauer Karl Hartung (1908-1967)', Weltkunst. Aktuelle Zeitschrift für Kunst und Antiquitäten, vol. 58, no. 21, 1988, pp. 3287-3289, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Karl Hartung, 1988, no. 6, another cast illustrated
Markus Krause, Karl Hartung 1908-1967, Metamorphosen von Mensch und Natur, Monographie und Werksverzeichnis, Munich, 1998, no. 195, p. 98, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Nurnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum; Berlin, Georg Kolbe Museum; Schleswig-Holstein, Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf Schleswig; Marl, Skulpturmuseum Glaskasten; Bremen, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Karl Hartung. Werke und Dokumente, 1998 – 1999, p. 102, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Handelskammer, Karl Hartung 1908-1967 - Die Hamburger Jahre, 2008, another cast illustrated
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