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Hans Hartung

Hans Hartung

1904

WA-00009019

Painting

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

29

Works in Collection

56

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ657402

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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20 Drawings: New Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Modern Masterprints of Europe

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

Field Verification (5 fields)

1 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
Death yearGallery Perrotin· 80%
LocationGallery Perrotin· 80%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Perrotinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/hans-hartung
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/hans-hartung
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/hans-hartung
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2525
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (29)

T1982-E15

1982 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1850 x 3000 x 40 mm

L-31-1973 from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

L-31-1973 from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 18 1/2 x 25 1/16" (47 x 63.7cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 29 7/8" (56 x 75.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for the journal, XX Siécle)

1973 · color lithograph

Sheet: 31.1 x 24.2 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1966 · lithograph

Paper: 76.5 x 56.2 cm (30 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

T 1965 - E - 33

1965 · Acrylic on canvas

60 1/2 × 98 1/2 in. (153.7 × 250.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

T1963-R6

1963 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 1797 x 1410 mm

L 102

1963 · Lithograph

composition: 22 5/8 x 15 7/8" (57.5 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/4" (76 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1960 · Charcoal and chalk on paper

25 7/8 x 19 7/8" (65.5 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

No. 77

1958 · Lithograph on paper

image: 514 x 349 mm

No. 78

1958 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 21 7/16 x 13 3/16" (54.5 x 33.5 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 5/8" (65 x 49.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L 73

1958 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 18 3/4 x 24 3/16" (47.6 x 61.5 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 29 7/8" (56 x 75.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L10

1957 · Lithograph on paper

image: 520 x 320 mm

L36

1957 · Lithograph on paper

image: 501 x 320 mm

Untitled

1957 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

66 × 50.4 cm (26 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

L 12

1957 · Lithograph

composition: 19 7/16 x 11 11/16" (49.4 x 29.7 cm); sheet: 26 x 19 13/16" (66 x 50.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Noir sur fond gris-vert ( Schwarz, Veroneser Grün)

1957 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

1953 · Etching on paper

image: 378 x 517 mm

Untitled

1953 · Etching and aquatint on paper

Plate: 41.5 × 32.6 cm (16 3/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50 cm (25 3/4 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#18

1953 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 20 11/16 x 15 1/4" (52.5 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 26 x 19 11/16" (66 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition II

1953 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 8 3/4 x 25 11/16" (22.2 x 65.3 cm); sheet: 11 x 29 15/16" (28 x 76 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Etching #5

1953 · Etching

plate: 9 3/8 x 11 11/16" (23.8 x 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 18 15/16" (37 x 48.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1953 · Etching and aquatint

11 1/4 × 29 3/4 in. (28.6 × 75.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Etching in Black "25"

1953 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1952 · Color lithograph on paper

65 × 50.5 cm (25 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

29 published of 41 catalogued · 34 with image

MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued24 img
Tate
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
The Met
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Untitled (for the journal, XX Siécle)
1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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24
1953 · Tate · 1 prov
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T1982-E15
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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T1963-R6
1963 · Tate · 1 prov
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Etching in Black "25"
1953 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Noir sur fond gris-vert ( Schwarz, Veroneser Grün)
1957 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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L10
1957 · Tate · 1 prov
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L36
1957 · Tate · 1 prov
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No. 77
1958 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

11 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Composition with Black and Green (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition with Black and Green (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hans Hartung Gedenktafel

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Hans Hartung et son télescope

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Paolo Monti Servizio fotografico BEIC 6363692

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Paolo Monti Servizio fotografico BEIC 6361572

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Paolo Monti Servizio fotografico BEIC 6355414

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Relationships

8

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Perrotin Gallery

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

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