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236 - Karl Hartung
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Karl Hartung Theodor Heuss 1959 Bronze. Mounted on original artist's wooden base (7.5 x 16 x 15.5 cm). Height 31 cm. Signed 'HARTUNG' (scratched) on the side lower left. Foundry mark "GUSS BARTH BLN. MARIENDORF" on the mount verso. From a total edition of 6 casts and one artist’s or estate cast. One cast each is held by the Hamburg Senate, the collection of the Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen and the collection of the Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn. One cast in clay is held by the Karl Hartung Estate. Lifetime cast. - Dark brown patina. – In excellent condition. Krause 707 We would like to thank Anna Hartung, the Karl Hartung Estate, for the additional information. Provenance Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft (acquired dirctly from the artist); loan to the Kulturgeschichtliches Museum, Osnabrück Exhibitions Cf. São Paulo 1959 (Museu de Arte Moderna), 5. Biennale, cat. no. 23; Regensburg 1959 (Museum der Stadt), Ars viva, cat. no. 11 with ill. (label on base of wooden stand); Cologne 1961 (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum), Ars viva '61, cat. no. 33 (this cast); Kaiserslautern 1974 (Pfalzgalerie), Theodor Heuss. Freund und Förderer der Kunst und Künstler
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