15 - Hans HARTUNG (1904–1989)

Hans HARTUNG (1904–1989) L 19, 1957 Color lithograph Signed lower right and inscribed “Artist’s proof” 52 x 37 cm (image size) Bibliography: Schmücking p. 82. RMM 95. Note: A leading figure in lyrical abstraction, Hans Hartung (1904–1989) placed gesture, line, and rhythm at the heart of his work. Created in 1957, L 19 belongs to a particularly prolific period during which his compositions were structured around energetic and spontaneous graphic elements. This color lithograph, shown here as an artist’s proof, transposes the tension and gestural freedom characteristic of his pictorial language into the print.