Description
Standing Female Figure–Bertram Hartman–Watercolor–20thCentury-NYC Artist-Artist Estate
Artist/Attribution:
Bertram Hartman(American, 1882–1960)
Date:
1919
Medium:
Charcoal andwatercolor wash
Dimensions:
24 × 19 in.
Paper:
Laid paper with“INGRESS ITALY SESSITES MILL” watermark
About the Artist:
C. BertramHartman (1882–1960) was a Kansas-born, New York–based painter who was highlyrecognized for his oil and watercolor landscape and portrait works. He wastrained at the Art Institute of Chicago and later at the Royal Academy inMunich. Hartman illustrated for various magazines and was commissioned to paintmurals and works during the Great Depression under the Works ProgressAdministration. Hartman was a member of the American Watercolor Society, theMural Painters of America, the American Society of Painters, Sculptors andGraphic Artists, and the Chicago Society of Artists. His works were included inmajor exhibitions, including the First Biennial Exhibition of ContemporaryAmerican Sculpture, Watercolors and Prints at the Whitney Museum in 1933 andthe Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915. Many of his works are held in major museumcollections, including the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the SpencerMuseum of Art.
About this work:
Bertram Hartmanand his wife Augusta (also known as Gusta, 1885–1960) spent decades in New YorkCity, where he produced numerous finished works and studies in oil, watercolor,pastel, and charcoal. This charcoal and watercolor painting of a standingfemale nude comes from the artist’s estate and bears the artist’s signature,data “1919”, and a stamp of the Hartman Estate. The painting is in faircondition. The edges and corners show wear, tears, and handling marks. Thelower right corner has a damage. The paper has minor toning. The verso islightly soiled. Please refer to the pictures for condition.
Condition Report:
Fair – minorwear and handling marks on edges and corners; damage on lower right; minortoning; lightly soiled verso; unframed.
Provenance:
Estate ofBertram Hartman; Rabin & Krueger Gallery Newark, New Jersey; RichardCastellane Gallery, NYC.
Disclaimer:
I haveconducted thorough research to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of thispiece to the best of my ability. However, it is sold as is, with no guaranteesor warranties regarding its provenance or historical attribution.
