Hans Hartung

This publication accompanies Waddington Custot’s current exhibition in London, which marks the first time Hartung’s photographs have been shown in the UK. They are accompanied by paintings made over four decades to illuminate the dynamic cycle in which Hartung used photography to reaffirm his abstract tendencies in painting. The publication features rare photographs from the Fondation Hartung-Bergman, Antibes, interspersed amongst rich, full-colour plates of Hartung’s groundbreaking abstract paintings. An introduction by Louise Malcolm (Ed.), who curated the exhibition following extensive research, explores the vital yet little-studied relationship between Hartung’s painting and photographic practice. This is complemented by essays from Dr. Lena Fritsch, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean Museum, and Pauline Mari, a researcher and specialist in Hartung’s photographic work.