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234 - Karl Hartung
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Karl Hartung Schlafender 1952 Charcoal drawing on paper. 69.7 x 157.1 cm. Framed under glass. Signed and dated 'Hartung 52' in black lower right. - Not examined out of frame; the sheet is laid down on the entire back of the wooden frame; the margins with minor defects. We would like to thank Anna Hartung, the Karl Hartung Estate, for the helpful additional information. The drawing is registered in the archive the Karl Hartung Estate. Provenance Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft (acquired directly from the artist); loan to Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, inv. no. 25/53 (with label) Literature Cf. Birk Ohnesorge, Karl Hartung: Zeichnungen, Berlin 2008; Gudula Mayr, Der Bildhauer Karl Hartung als Zeichner, in: Arie Hartog (ed.), Im übertragenen Sinne - Bildhauer zeichnen, Dresden 2022, p. 158-171 A large-scale, reclining male figure, similar to those found in Hartung’s sculptural work from the late 1940s through to the mid-1950s.
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