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1110

Hans Hartung

Leipzig 1904 – 1989 Antibes

Composition ”5”. 1953

Etching on Arches wove paper. 23,5 × 29,6 cm (38 × 47,5 cm) (9 ¼ × 11 ⅝ in. (15 × 18 ¾ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Hans Hartung. Composition ”5”. 1953.

Estimate:

EUR 1,200

 

- 1,500

Sold for:

2,540 EUR (incl. premium)

Timed Auctions 2026

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 19.12.25 – 11.1.26, Sunday, 11.01.2026

Information

Etching on Arches wove paper. 23,5 × 29,6 cm (38 × 47,5 cm) (9 ¼ × 11 ⅝ in. (15 × 18 ¾ in.)). Signed. Catalogue raisonné: Schmücking p. 34. One of 100 numbered copies.

Condition Report: No. 33/100. Fine, harmonious overall appearance. Good, rhigh-contrast print. The sheet edges without tears or losses. The paper in the mat window with minor time staining. In the lower left margin, one faint scuff mark and, in the lower right corner, a small spot with minuscule printing ink splatter. In the left margin above the centre, one minuscule indentation visible in raking light. On the reverse, the paper unevenly slightly time stained. In the upper corners mounted with paper adhesive strips onto the support cardboard; here the paper here recto slightly lightened

Walter Bauer, Fulda (thence by descent to the present owner)

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