P40-1977-H2. 1977.
Acrylic on barite board.
Signed and dated in bottom center. Verso signed and dedicated, as well as dated and inscribed. 75 x 105 cm (29.5 x 41.3 in), the full sheet.

• Hans Hartung, one of the most important representatives of European Informalism and most influential protagonists of the École de Paris.
• The Musée de la ville de Paris lately honored the founding father of German Informalism in a grand retrospective exhibition. (October 11, 2019 – March 1, 2020)
• Reduced colors in combination with the characteristic spontaneous, emblematic line composition.

The work is registered at the archive of the Fondation Hans Hartung et Anna-Eva Bergman, Antibes, and will be included into the forthcoming catalog raisonné.

PROVENANCE: Jean and Bernadette Bachy, 1978
Private collection Mexico.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.