Graphics 1939 - 1950 | World War II

1939 Hilde Holger as Velasquez's Pavane in Costume

Sepia Conte/Cartridge paper. 44 x 60 cm. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Provenance: Hilde Holger descended to estate. Location: London, England. Remarks: Unlisted in Baumgartner or Harta. Photo credit: Hilde Holger Archive © 2001 Primavera Boman-Behram.

. 1939 Hilde Holger Face Profile

Black Chalk/Pencil. Signed and dated bottom left: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Die Kraft des Tanzes Hilde Holger , 1990,Zeichnen + Spuren, S. 19, mit Abb. Location: Unknown. Remarks: Unlisted in Baumgartner or Harta.

1939 Landscape with Windmill in background

Watercolor. Unframed: 36.83 x 27.94 cm(14.5 " x 11"); framed 54.61 x 46.99 cm(21.5" x 18.5"). Signed & dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. possibly WV1574, 1576, 1578, or 1584; Provenance: Anna Strauss Klingsberg to daughter gifted to sister. Location: Private owner, Newton, Mass, USA. Remarks: Aforementioned WV #s possibly correlate with the work. Unlisted in Baumgartner.

. 1939 Windgridge Landscape

Watercolor. Unframed: 35.56 x 27.94 cm(14" x 11"); framed: 43.18 x 50.8 cm(17" x 20"). Signed & dated lower right: HARTA / 1939". Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., possibly WV Nr. 1606, 1607, or 1576. Provenance: Oscar & Hanny Strauss Descended to estate. Location: Private owner, Newton, Mass, U.S.A. Remarks: Harta's Work Catalog lists several watercolors painted in the Windygridge area of England.

1939 Half Profile Anna Böhm 1

Anna Böhm per Harta. Rotel Pencil. Signed and dated bottom right: "HARTA". Lit: Harta 1906-1939, o.S., WV Nr.1432/1939; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 168, WV Nr. Gr 195, mit Abb. Location: Unknown. Remarks: Harta's catalog lists the 2 profile portraits as WV1432 and WV1435. WV1433-44 are missing from Harta's catalog raisonne.

1939 Anna Böhm Profil 2

Anna Böhm per Harta. Rötel pencil. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1906-1939, o.S., WV Nr. 1435/1937; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 168, WV Nr. Gr 196, mit Abb. Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Baumgartner incorrectly listed the signature and date as "l.i.u". Placeholder image.

1939 Portrait Stella Eisner

Stella Eisner per Harta. Rötel pencil. Signed and dated top right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1906-1939, o.S., WV Nr. 1437/1939; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 168, WV Nr. Gr 197, mit Abb. Provenance: 1939: B[...] Eisner, NY. Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

1939 Susi Specht

Susi Specht, Schleier per Harta. Rötel pencil. Signed and dated bottom left: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1906-1939, o.S.WV Nr. 1439/1939 or WV Nrs: 1447, 1448, or 1449; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 169, WV Nr. Gr 198, mit Abb. Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Harta drew five drawings of her. Placeholder image.

1939 Portrait Ria Thiele.

Ria Thiele.Pencil drawing. Signed and dated: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 169, WV Nr. Gr 169, mit Abb. Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image

1939 ca. Judith Szyor

Pencil drawing. Not signed or dated.Inscribed top right: "JUDITH SZYOR". Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 240, mit Abb. Provenance: Galerie Kutscha Salzburg, Austria.

1939 Sheeps and Cows

Sheeps and Cow per Harta. Watercolor. Signed, bottom right: HARTA. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WVNr.1619("Sheeps and Cow"); Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 170, WV Nr. G 209 mit Abb. Provenance: Owner unknown. Archival photo is the only source. Location: Unknown. Remarks: Baumgartner catalogued as an oil painting, but Harta lists this as a watercolor. Photo credit: Salzburg Festival House Archive, Harta Estate.

1939-1940 ca. Self Portrait

Selbstportrait um 1939-1940. Pencil on brown paper. 43.5 x 34 cm. Signed bottom right: HARTA. Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S.169, WV Nr. Gr 200, mit Abb. Provenance: 1991 Gusti Wolf Collection, Vienna. Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Portrayal of hands similar to Kokoschka's portrait of Harta. Placeholder image.

1939 Map of Windgridge

Map of Windgridge per Harta.(Harta & EKB mispell the town). Colored pencil(according to Harta's WV but EKB lists as watercolor and ink. 22 x 30 cm. Signed bottom left: HARTA. Lit: Harta, o.S., 1939-1966 WV Nr. 1642/1939; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 170, WV Nr. Gr 201 mit Abb. Provenance: Galerie Kutscha, Salzburg. Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

1939 Landscape View of the Lake

Landschaft Blick auf See. Watercolor. 25.5 x 38 cm. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA/ 1939. Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 170, WV Nr. Gr 202 mit Abb; Katalog Galerie Suppan. Österr. Malerei 1910 - 1950, June 1989, Kat. Nr. 18. Provenance: 1939 -1996 Private owner. 02.10.2006 Acquired by Galerie Martin Suppan, Vienna. Photo © Galerie Martin Suppan, Vienna.

1939 Landscape in Sussex

Landschaft Sussex Gouache on paper/mixed technique. 38 x 48 cm. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Dorotheum, Wien. 17.05.1989, Kat. Nr. 68, Tafel 57; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 170, WV Gr 203, mit Abb. Provenance: 17.05.1989 Dorotheum Salzburg, Austria. Location: Currently unknown.

1939 Valley with Trees

Watercolor. 36 x 30 cm(11 x 14 in). Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Label on verso states location as "Ashdown Forest". Lit: Bateman's 02.02.2008, Kat. Nr. 222. Provenance: 02.02.2008 Bateman's Auctioneers & Valuers, Stamford, LCN UK, [Sold]. Location: Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: Unlisted by Baumgartner or Harta.

1939 Portrait of Hilde Holger with Clasped Hands

Charcoal/paper. Image Size: 18 x 30 image; Sheet Size: 32 x 20 cm Signed and dated bottom left: HARTA / 1939. Provenance: Possibly owned by a friend or student of Holgers: Selma Schaffer.[e-mail from Holger's daughter]. Location: Unknown. Remarks: Not listed by Baumgartner or Harta. Photo credit:© Hilde Holger Archive Primavera Boman-Behram, London.

1939 ca. Costume-Design for Hilde Holger's Dance Gnomes & Crystals

Colored pencil. Signed, undated bottom left: "HARTA". Lit: Die Kraft des Tanzes Hilde Holger; Zeichen & Spuren 1990, pg. 81. Remarks: Unlisted in Baumgartner or Harta. Photo credit:© Hilde Holger Archive Primavera Boman-Behram, London.

1939 Snow Covered Landscape Near Salzburg

Verschneite Landschaft bei Salzburg. Watercolor, gouache on paper. 26.988 x 42.862 cm(10 5/8 x 16 7/8 in). Signed and dated bottom left: HARTA / SALZBURG / 1939. Lit: Dorotheum 28.04.1992, S. 75, Kat. Nr. 192, mit Abb. Provenance: 28.04.1992 Dorotheum Vienna, [Sold]. Lot # 192. Sold. Location: Currently unknown.

1939 Old Lodge View of the Windmill

Field O.L. with windmill per Harta. Watercolor. 29.845 x 37.465 cm(11 3/4 x 14 3/4 in). Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1939-1966 o.S. WV Nr.1578/1939; Dorotheum 28.02.2019, Kat. Nr. 79. Provenance: 28.02.2019 Dorotheum Salzburg,[Sold]. Location: Private collector, Lower Austria. Remarks: Possibly WV1583/1939 "Oaktree with Mill?

1939 Girl in a Landscape

Girl in Heather per Harta(?). Watercolor/paper. Dimensions pending. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1589/1939; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 34. Provenance: Paul Jellinek; Ida Eleanor Hall; Susanne Jellinek. Location: Private collection, Sydney Australia.

1939 Green House

Green House per Harta. Watercolor on paper. 38.1 x 27.94 cm(15 x 11 inches). Signed and dated bottom: right: HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S. WV Nr. 1621. Provenance: Eva Harta Wick descended to estate. Location: Private owner, FL, USA. Remarks: Unlisted in Baumgartner.

1939 Evacuated Children

Evacuated Children per Harta. Watercolor. Image from Front of Postcard. Signed & dated bottom left HARTA / 1939. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S. WV Nr. 1643/1939. Prov: Letter from Mary Chandler (nee Porter) 10/2/2011 to Windy Ridge Evacuees(1939 -1942). Remarks: Children from London were evacuated starting in Sept of 1939. Windy Ridge was a depot site for them, and Harta drew them. There is a reference to Harta in the source doc knowing the philanthropic supporter of the Arts Gertrude Guggenheim.

1940 Portrait of Lady Jill Gooch

"Gooch" per Harta. Watercolor. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1940. Lit: Harta WV 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1672; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 171, WV Nr. Gr 204, mit Abb. Provenance: First owner, Lady Gooch, Crowboro, England. Location: Unknown.

1940 Portrait of Ruth Dawson

Ruth Dawson per Harta. Watercolor. Signed and dated top right: HARTA / 1940. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr.1673; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 171, WV Nr.Gr 205, mit Abb. Provenance: First owner, Ruth Dawson in Crowboro, England. Location: Unknown.

1940 Portrait Rosemary Dawson

Rosemary Dawson per Harta. Watercolor. Signed and dated top right: HARTA / 1940. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1674; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 171, WV Nr. Gr 205, mit Abb. Provenance: First owner resided in Crowboro. England. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

1940 Vesper II

Vesper II per Harta. Chalk drawing. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1940. Inscribed bottom left: "VESPER". Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1684, mit Abb. Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 172, WV Nr. Gr 207, mit Abb. Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Unknown.

1940 Lady with a Violin

Junge Frau mit Baßgeige Drawing-no medium defined. Signed and dated bottom left: HARTA / 1940. Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 172, WV Nr. Gr 208, mit Abb. Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Unknown.

1940 Landscape

Landschaft 1940. Watercolor/paper. 21.908 x 29.845 cm( 8 5/8 x 11 3/4 in). Signed and dated bottom left: HARTA / 1940. Lit: Dorotheum, Sbg. 23.05.2007, S. 99 Kat. Nr. 333, mit Abb. Provenance: 23.05.2007 Dorotheum Salzburg, Austria.[Sold]. Location: Currently unknown. Unlisted in Baumgartner or Harta.

1940 Man's Face Profile

Herrenportrait. Charcoal drawing. Signed and dated bottom right: HARTA / 1940. Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 173, WV Nr.Gr 211, mit Abb. Provenance: As of 1991: Galerie Kutscha, Salzburg Location: Currently unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

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