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KARL HARTUNG (GERMAN, 1908-1967), UNIQUE CARVED WOOD ABSTRACT FEMALE NUDE, CIRCA 1947 signed underneath HARTUNG - This work is a unique piece that has been missing in Germany for decades. It is documented in Dr. Markus Krause's catalogue raisonee, number 345 (Stehende ohne Arme, um 1947/ Holz, Mabe unbekannt Verbleib unbekannt Verbleib unbekannt). According to Hartung's granddaughter, this piece was a gift from the artist to an American officer who sent care-packages of food to Hartung in Berlin after World War II in the times of the "Berliner Luftbrucke" during the Russian Occupation of Berlin. h:14 in.