P 1960-241. 1960.
Color Oil crayon.
Bottom right signed and dated, titled in pencil on the reverse. On white-laminated H.S.Baryt board, Paris (with blindstamp). 63.5 x 49 cm (25 x 19.2 in), size of sheet. [EH].

• Characteristic, powerful composition from the 1960s.
• Hartung uses the line's expressivenes, which he scratches into the ground in a vehement, almost wild gesture.
• Recently the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris honored the co-founder of German Informalism with a grand retrospective (October 11, 2019 to March 1, 2020).

Accompanied by a photo confirmation issued by the artist on December 4, 1970.
The work is registered at the archive of Fondation Hans Hartung et Anna-Eva Bergman and will be included into the forthcoming catalog raisonné.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Lisbon, Portugal (since 1970).
Private collection Switzerland (since 2013, inherited from the above).