P 1959-104. 1959.
Graphite and color Pastel.
Lower right signed, dated "10/5/60" and dedicated. Titled, inscribed and with a directiuon arrow on the reverse. On firm paper. 37 x 27 cm (14.5 x 10.6 in). [JS].

• Hans Hartung, one of the most important representatives of European Informalism and one of the most influential protagonists of the École de Paris.
• The brushstroke is the central characteristic of Hartung's multifaceted oeuvre.
• In 1975, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, dedicated a solo exhibition to the European protagonist of abstract painting.

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

PROVENANCE: Collection Sonja Henie und Niels Onstad, Høvikodden/Norway.
Galerie Stangl, Munich.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1983).