Hans HARTUNG (1904-1989) - Lot 46

Hans HARTUNG (1904-1989) T1962-H44 Vinyl and scratch, signed and dated 62 lower right lower right. 111 x 180 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 1964. Simone Frigerio Collection. By descent to the present owner. Related work : T1962 -E15, conserved at the Peggy Guggenheim, Venice. This work is listed in the archives of the archives and will be included in the artist's catalogue raisonné. The early 1960s marked an important in Hans Hartung's work. Whereas he had been concentrating on works on paper, from from 19161, he redeveloped his work on canvas canvas - particularly in large format - with new techniques techniques that would become his hallmark: on the one hand, aerosol, which creates halos, and halo effects, on the one hand, and scratching, which translates the nervousness and sureness of his gesture, while at the same time contrast with the background. At a major exhibition at the Galerie de France in October 1962, these new works were revealed to the public and boosted his critical and commercial and commercial recognition. These two elements are clearly elements in T1962-H44. They make make T1962-H44 emblematic of a key period period for Hans Hartung. Simone FRIGERIO is a French art collector and critic art critic, active in Paris in the 1960s and 1970s. In particular, she contributed for the avant-garde magazine Quadrum, as well as and also for Panorama XXe siècle and Aujourd'hui Art et Architecture, focusing on contemporary contemporary art and lyrical abstraction. lyrical abstraction.