ID 659763
Lot 17 | авг.31
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 120 000
1892 Duisburg - 1965 Munich
Title: August 1931.
Date: 1931.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 125,5 x 125,5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right next to the feet: Molzahn 31.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Verso is another oil painting: Strandszene mit zwei weiblichen Akten. 1930. Signed and dated lower left in the orange-coloured area: Molzahn 30. This one is not listed in Gries' catalogue raisonné.
Provenance:
- Johannes Molzahn Centrum, Kassel
Exhibitions:
- Katholische Akademie in Bavaria, Munich 1972, no. 20
- Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna 1973
- Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz 1973, no. 16, ill.
- Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg 1974, no. 22, ill.
- Schlesisches Museum Görlitz 2019, ill.
Literature:
- Gries, Christian: Johannes Molzahn (1892-1965) und der 'Kampf um die Kunst' im Deutschland der Weimarer Republik (Appendix: Catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Johannes Molzahn), Dissertation University of Augsburg 1996, cat. rais. no 181a
- Schade, Herbert: Johannes Molzahn, Munich/Zurich 1972, p. 8, 67, 119, ill.
- Unmistakable pictorial language of the artist
- Dense composition with complex colouring
- From the most fruitful period of his work between 1928 and 1932
- Works by the artist are rarely offered on the auction market.
| Artist: | Johannes Molzahn (1892 - 1965) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Auction house category: | Modern Art |
| Artist: | Johannes Molzahn (1892 - 1965) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Auction house category: | Modern Art |
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