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

1940 Smoked Fish

Geräucherte Fische per Harta.Oil/canvas.65.5 x 54.5 cm.Signed,no date top right "HARTA" label c.1940 on back. EKB Catalog G213, V. II, p.174. Exhibit: 80th Ann 1964 Sbg. Kunstverein, #16. Sbg. Kunstverein 1974, #20. Lit: Catalog Sbg. Kunstverein, Fig., pg. 14. Galerie 16, Vienna, 1994, Fig., pg. 23. Prov: Margarete Harta-Baillou as of 1974. Galerie Kovacek, Wien,as of 1991 Dorotheum, Wien, 11/27/2002 Lot # 182 unsold.05/4/2021. Im Kinsky, Lot # 36-Sold. Remarks: Could be WV2053/1946."Kippers"

1940 Portrait Mrs. Dawson

Mrs. Dawson per Harta. Oil. 20" x 30". Signed & dated top right: "HARTA" WV1675/1940; Baumgartner Catalog: G230, Vol II, pg. 171. Provenance: 1st owner lived in Crowboro, presumably Ms. Dawson. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

1940 Portrait Mr. Dawson

Mr. Dawson per Harta.Oil. 20" x 30".(50.80 - 76.20 cm). Signed & dated top left: "HARTA". WV1676; Baumgartner Catalog: G211, Vol II, pg.172. Provenance: First owner listed in Crowboro, Presumably Mr. Dawson. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

1940 Portrait Miss Fountain

Miss Fountain per EKB. Signed & dated top left: "HARTA 1940". Harta WV-; Baumgartner Catalog: G212, Vol II, pg. 172. Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown Remarks: Placeholder image.

1941 Portrait Mrs Whitfield

Mrs. Whitfield per Harta. Oil. Signed & dated; signed top left: "HARTA1941". Harta WV1774/1941; Baumgartner Catalog: G214, Vol II, pg. 175. Provenance: 1st owner residing in Bedford, 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.

1942 Lady Ulla Hyde Parker

Lady Ulla Hyde Parker per Harta. Oil/canvas. 50.5 x 39 cm; 36 x 28 in. Signed & dated top left: "HARTA 1942.".Harta WV1827/1942; Baumgartner Catalog: G215, Vol II. pg 175. Exhibited: Salzburger Kunstverein at Traklhaius, 1974, #21. 80th Anniversary, Kunstverein, Sbg., #14. Lit: Baumgartner Diss, Vol. 1, pg. 200. Provenance: First owner, Melford, UK. Acquired by Rupertinium Inv #BU 3774. Photo credit © museum der moderne Salzburg, Photographer: Hubert Auer.

1942 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: "HARTA1942.".Harta WV1828/1942; Baumgartner Catalog: G216, Vol II, pg. 175. Provenance: First owner, Melford, UK. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Presumably England. Remarks: Historic Melford Hall in background.

1942 Major B. Rambant

Major Rambant per Harta. Oil 30" x 25" in. Signed & dated; signed right side at top: "HARTA 1942".; Harta WV1835/1942; Baumgartner Catalog: G217, Vol II, pg. 176. Provenance: First owner, Bayhtorne Park, UK. Presumably Major Rambant. Owner unknown as of 1991. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

1942 Mrs. Rambant

Mrs. Rambant per Harta. Oil. 78 x 64 cm. 30 x 25 in.Signed & dated; signed left side at top; "HARTA 1942."Harta WV1836/1942; Baumgartner Diss Created Catalog: G218, Vol II, pg. 176. Provenance: Rambant Estate, first owner in Baythorne Park, England. Unknown owner as of 1991. 23-Jan 2013, Bonhams Auction, London, Lot #125. Sold. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

1942 Archibald Campbell-Lambert

Archibald Lambert per Harta. Oil. Signed & dated; signed left side at bottom: "HARTA 1942". Harta WV1840/1942; Baumgartner Diss Created Catalog: G219, Vol II, pg. 176.Provenance: Unknown. Location: Unknown as of 1991. Current whereabouts unknown.

1943 Still Life Delph Grapes Ivory

Still-life(dolph, grapes, ivory) per Harta. Oil or watercolor per Harta's ledger. 53 cm x 44.45 cm; 20.75 x 14.5"; 57.15 cm x 42.545 cm; 22.5 " x 16.75" framed. Signed & dated; signed top left:"HARTA 1943"; Harta WV1898/1943; Baumgartner Catalog: G220, Vol II, pg 181.Lit: Baumgartner Diss, Vol. 1, pg.200. Provenance: Claude Harta first owner. Location: Private owner, Gig Harbor, USA. Remarks: Harta's WV adds "od. Aquarell(or watercolor) after Oil as the medium.

1945 Portrait Stephen Rambant

Stephen Rambant in uniform per Harta. Oil 32" x 25.5". Signed & dated; signed right side at bottom: "HARTA 1944". Harta WV1987/1945; Baumgartner Catalog: G221, Vol II, pg.184.Provenance: Owner unknown as of 1991. Current whereabouts unknown.

1942-1944 ca. Anonymous Aristocratic British Lady Portrait

Title per Heller. Oil. Dimensions unknown. Signature cannot be identified from photo. Harta WV; 3 possible: WV1809/1942 - Mrs. Gale; WV1878/1943 Elsie Orrey or WV1921/1944 -Mrs. Pars. Baumgartner Catalog: Unlisted. Provenance and location unknown. Photo derived from a binder that Harta used to advertise his work while exiled in England.

1930s - 1940s ca. Still Life Roses in a Vase

Rosenstilleben in Vase per Hassfurther. Oil/board. 73 x 28 cm.(283/4 x 22 7/8 in). Signed, not dated bottom right: "HARTA". Harta WV-; Baumgartner Catalog: Unlisted. Provenance: First owner (?). Hassfurther, Vienna auction: 28 May, 2015, Lot # 43-Sold. Fig # 29 in Catalog. Location: Current whereabouts unknown.

1946 ca. Tulips

Tulips per Harta. Oil/ canvas. 55. x 40 cm(215/8 x153/4 in). Signed, not dated bottom left: "HARTA". Harta WV: Presumably WV2009/1946; Baumgartner Catalog: Unlisted. Provenance: Private owner, Austria. Im Kinsky GmBH, Vienna, 29 Nov 2016, Lot #240. Sold. Illustrated, pg. 55 of the catalog. Location: Private owner unknown.

1948 Vegetable Basket

Vegetable basket per Harta. Oil signed, not dated bottom right: "HARTA". Harta WV 2158/1948; Baumgartner Catalog: G222, Vol II, pg. 189. Provenance: Private owner, Salzburg as of 1991. Location: Private owner. Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: Placeholder image.

1949 Negro

Negro per Harta. Oil on canvas. 83 x 70 cm. Signed, not dated. Signed bottom right: "HARTA". Harta WV2199/1949; Baumgartner Catalog: G133, Vol. II, pg. 131.Provenance: Private owner as of 1991. Im Kinsky, Vienna, 2-Dec, 2008, Lot #177-Unsold; Im Kinssky, 21 April 2009, Lot # 215-Unsold. Location: Current whereabouts unknown. Remarks: In her catalogue, EKB dated this between 1926-27, but correlates more with Harta's listing it in his catalog as "Negro" 1949.

1940s - 1950s Clam Shells

Muschelschalen per Heller. Oil on canvas on cardboard. 23 x 16.8 cm. Signed, undated upper right: "HARTA". Harta WV-; Baumgartner Catalog: Unlisted. Provenance: Horst Kaufmann Linzerstraße 96 3003 Gablitz. Acquired by private collector, Vienna, September 2018. Location: Vienna, Austria. Homologous with 1946 "Kippers". Example of Harta's impasto use of paint later in his career.

1950 Sleeping Cat

Sleeping cat per Harta. Oil/Canvas. Image: 40.5 x 50.5 cm. Framed: 48.26 x 56.96(19" x 231/2"). Signed, undated right side at bottom: "HARTA". Harta WV2292/1950; Baumgartner Catalog: G223, Vol II, pg. 192. Provenance: 1st owner Clemens de Baillou. 1970 Gifted to private owner, NC USA. Location: Private owner, Chapel Hill North Carolina, USA.

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