Oils 1939-1950 | WWII - 1950 | Felix Albrecht Harta

P-1940-1 Smoked Fish

Geräucherte Fische. Oil/canvas.65.5 x 54.5 cm.Sign, top right "HARTA". Label c.1940 on back. Ex: 1964 Sbg. Kunstverein, #16. Sbg. Kunstverein 1974, #20. Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 174, WV Nr. G 213 mit Abb; Sbg. 1964, S. 14, mit Abb. Gal.16,1994, S.23, mit Abb; Wien 27.11.2002, Kat Nr. 82; Wien, 04.05.2021, Kat Nr. 36. Prov: 1974 Margarete Harta-Baillou; Karl Heinz Ritschel, Sbg; 27.11.2002 Dorotheum, unsold; 2010 Private owner purchase; 04.05.2001 im Kinsky, Wien Wien,unsold; Im Kinsky, Sold.

P-1940-2 Clam Shells

Muschelschalen um 1940s. Oil/canvas on cardboard. 23 x 16.8 cm. Signed upper right: "HARTA". Provenance: Horst Kaufmann Linzerstraße 96 3003 Gablitz. Acquired by private collector, Vienna, September 2018. Location: Vienna, Austria. Remarks: Homologous with 1946 "Kippers". Example of Harta's impasto use of paint later in his career. Unlisted in Baumgarter and Harta.

P-1940-2 Portrait Mrs. Dawson

Mrs. Dawson per Harta. Oil. 20" x 30". Signed & dated top right: "HARTA". Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1675/1940; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 171, WV Nr. G 230, mit Abb. Provenance: 1st owner lived in Crowboro, presumably Ms. Dawson. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

P-1940-3 Portrait Mr. Dawson

Mr. Dawson per Harta.Oil. 20" x 30".(50.80 - 76.20 cm). Signed & dated top left: "HARTA". Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WVNr.1676/1940; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 172, WV Nr., G211, mit Abb. Provenance: First owner Crowboro, UK. Presumably Mr. Dawson. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

P-1940-4 Portrait Miss Fountain

Signed & dated top left: "HARTA / 1940". Lit: Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 172, WV Nr. G 212 mit Abb. Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown Remarks: Placeholder image.

P-1941-1 Portrait Mrs Whitfield

Mrs. Whitfield per Harta. Oil. Signed & dated top left: HARTA /1941. Lit Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1774/1941; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 175, WV Nr. G 214, mit Abb. Provenance: 1st owner Bedford, UK.presumably Mrs. Whitfield Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: Harta's WV indicates she owned a watercolor of Daffodils in 1940(WV1676a). Placeholder image.

P-1942-1 Lady Ulla Hyde Parker

Oil/canvas.50.5 x 39 cm. Sign,dat.bottom right: HARTA. Ex: Residenz Gal, Sbg, 21.05.-10.06.1964; Sbg. KV, 28.06-21.07.1974.Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1827/1942; Sbg. 1964, Kat. Nr. 14; Sbg. 1974, S. 17, Kat. Nr. 21; Baumgartner 1991 I, S. 200, 245, Taf. 58; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 39, 175, WV Nr. G 215, mit Abb. Prov: Doug Alfred Hyde Parker, Melford, UK; 1964 Sbg. Landesregierung; Residenz Galerie, Sbg; 1982 Museum der Moderne. Loc: Museum der Moderne, Sbg.Inv #BU 3774.

P-1942-2 Sir William Hyde Parker

Sir William S. Hyde Parker per Harta. Oil/canvas. 91.44 x 71.12 cm. 36 x 28 in. Signed & dated bottom left: HARTA /1942. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1828/1942; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 175, WV Nr. G 216, mit Abb. Provenance: First owner, Melford, UK. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Presumably England. Remarks: Historic Melford Hall in background.

P-1942-3 Major B. Rambant

Major Rambant per Harta. Oil 30" x 25" in. Signed & dated; signed right side at top: HARTA / 1942. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1835/1942; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 176, WV Nr. G 217, Provenance: First owner, Bayhtorne Park, UK. Presumably Major Rambant. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

P-1942-4 Portrait Mrs. Rambant

Mrs. Rambant per Harta. Oil. 78 x 64 cm. 30 x 25 in.Signed & dated top left: HARTA /1942. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S.,WV Nr. 1836/1942; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 176, WV Nr. G 218, mit Abb; Bonhams 23.01.2013, Kat. Nr. 125, mit Abb. Provenance: Rambant Estate, first owner , Baythorne Park, England; 23.01.2013 Bonhams Auction, London [Sold]. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

P-1942-5 Archibald Campbell-Lambert

Archibald Lambert per Harta. Oil. Signed & dated; signed bottom left: HARTA / 1942. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 1840/1942; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 176, WV Nr. G 219, mit Abb. Provenance: Unknown. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

P-1942-6 Portrait Captain Charles I. Ballantyne Wells

Capt. Wells per Harta. Oil/Canvas. Signed & dated top right: HARTA /1942. Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S. Nr. 1850/1942. Provenance: [to be listed]. Location: Private owner, UK.

P-1942-7 Anonymous Aristocratic British Lady Portrait

Anonymous Frauenporträt um 1942 - 1944. Oil. Signature cannot be identified from photo. Lit: Harta 1906-1939, o.S., verm. WV Nr. 1809/1942 - Mrs. Gale; WV Nr. 1878/1943 Elsie Orrey or WV Nr. 1921/1944 -Mrs. Pars. Provenance and location unknown. Photo derived from a binder that Harta used to advertise his work while exiled in England.

P-1945-1 Portrait Stephen Rambant

Stephen Rambant in Uniform per Harta. Oil 81 x 64.77 cm; (32" x 25.5"). Signed & dated bottom right: HARTA / 1944. Lit: Harta 1939-1966,o.S.,WV 1987/1945; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 42, 184, WV Nr. G 221, mit Abb. Provenance: 1945 Rambant, Baythorne Park, UK. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

P-1946-1 Tulips

Tulips per Harta um 1946. Oil/ canvas. 55. x 40 cm(215/8 x153/4 in). Signed bottom left: "HARTA". Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 2009/1946; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 42; im Kinsky 29.11.2016, S. 55, Kat. Nr. 240, mit Abb. Provenance: 1991 Private owner, Austria; 29.11.2016 Im Kinsky GmBH, Vienna, Lot [Sold]. Location: Private owner unknown.

P-1948-1 Vegetable Basket

Vegetable Basket per Harta. Oil signed bottom right: "HARTA". Lit: Harta 1939 - 1966, o.S., WV Nr. 2158/1948; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 189, WV Nr. G 222, mit Abb. Provenance: 1991 Private owner, Salzburg. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

P-1949-1 Negro

Negro per Harta. Oil on canvas. 83 x 70 cm. Signed bottom right: "HARTA". Lit: Harta 1939-1966, o.S., WV Nr. 2199/1949; Baumgartner 1991 II, S. 131, WV Nr. G 133, mit Abb. Provenance: 1991 Private owner; 02.12.2008 Im Kinsky, Vienna, Lot #177-[Unsold]; 21.04. 2009 Im Kinsky, Lot # 215-[Unsold]. Location: Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: Baumgartner dated this between 1926-27, but correlates more with Harta's listing it in his catalog as "Negro" 1949.

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