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Johannes Molzahn

Duisburg 1892 – 1965 Munich

„Zum Thema Fluggestaltung“. 1921

Oil on canvas. 62,5 x 83,5 cm (24 ⅝ x 32 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Johannes Molzahn. „Zum Thema Fluggestaltung“. 1921.

Estimate:

EUR 40,000

 

- 60,000

USD 54,500

 

- 81,800

Sold for:

47,600 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 159-163

Selected Works, Friday, 28.11.2008

Information

Oil on canvas. 62,5 x 83,5 cm (24 ⅝ x 32 ⅞ in.). Signed and dated lower left (incised into the wet paint): Johs Molzahn 21. On the stretcher signed and dated with blue chalk: Johannes Molzahn 1921. Catalogue raisonné: Gries 109 A. On the stretcher an address stamp of Walter Dexel. 5 compass holes (due to composition). Framed

Walter Dexel, Braunschweig / Private collection, Northern Germany

Johannes Molzahn. Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, 1956, cat.-no. 6 / Johannes Molzahn. Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, 1964, cat. no. 19 / Johannes Molzahn. Das malerische Werk. Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, 1988, cat. no. 22, full-page colour ill. p. 58 / Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit. Künstlergruppen in Deutschland 1918-1923. Ausstellung anlässlich der 43. Ruhrfestspiele. Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, 1989, cat. no. 111, with ill. / Expressionismus in Thüringen. Erfurt, Galerie am Fischmarkt and Angermuseum, 1999, colour ill. p. 142

Brigitte Würtz: Johannes Molzahn, in: Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, February 1971, p. 79, with ill.

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