Hans hartung 1970s signed and numbered on pastel work on paper very important signed and numbered colour lithograph available one pair title "farandole" signed lower right numbered lower left xxvii/lxxv table 5, edition b, from the folder farandole suite lithographique de hans hartung poème de jean proal, publisher atelier poligrafa, barcelona, catalogue raisonné: rainer michael mason rmm 309 this artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important european private collection and is beautified by an impressive ebonized wooden frame in almost perfect condition. the artwork is also protected by glass hans hartung (leipzig 1904 - antibes 1989). after studying philosophy and art history at the university of leipzig, he attended the academies of fine arts in dresden, leipzig and munich and travelled (1926-35) all over europe. in 1935, he settled in paris where he later took french citizenship (1946). From the very beginning of his pictorial activity he embraced the path of the most rigorous abstraction, moving from kandinsky, klee and, to a certain extent, w. Baumeister and soon arriving at solutions of the expressive problem in which his inner dramatic world is signified with surprising immediacy in the dynamic violence of the sign. his paintings are marked by the year of production and a serial number. hans hartung. Won the top prize at the 1960 venice biennale and the grand prix de beaux-arts in paris in 1970. a tireless draughtsman, he also practised photography. certificate of authenticity issued by sabrina egidi official expert in italian furniture for the chamber of commerce of rome and for the rome civil courts. dimensions are frame included this piece has an attribution mark, i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution