Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 22 June 2026, 06:00 pm

Karl Hartung, Sitzende
Karl Hartung, Sitzende

Lot 66

Karl Hartung, 1908-1967 (DE)

Sitzende, 1948

Bronze.
H 360 mm W 240 mm D 220 mm.

One of 6 + 1 copies. An authorised cast from the estate. On the bottom side with the stamps: HARTUNG, ӿ und N.

Provenance:
Estate of the Artist;
Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern;
Swiss property.

Exhibitions:
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Karl Hartung,
1952, No. 57;
Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, Figure, Zehn Bildhauer, 1956, No. 17;
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Bildhauer und Maler am Steinplatz, 1986 (with ill..);
Dortmund, Galerie Utermann, Karl Hartung, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen,
1989;
Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum / Berlin, Georg Kolbe Museum / Schleswig, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf / Marl, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten / Bremen, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, 1998-1999, Karl Hartung Werke und Dokumente, 1998-1999.

Literature:
Markus Krause. Metamorphosen von Mensch und Natur; Monograph and catalogue raisonné. Prestel. München 1998, No. 400;
Exhibition catalogue. Karl Hartung. Werke und Dokumente. Germanisches Nationalmuseum u.a. Nürnberg 1998, page 107, illustration.

Annotation:

The work is listed in the estate, which also includes a cast and a plaster model.
We would like to thank the Karl Hartung Estate for the additional information they kindly provided.

*CHF30'000 / 40'000
*EUR32'000 / 43'000
*USD37'000 / 50'000