141 - MOLZAHN, JOHANNES

MOLZAHN, JOHANNES 1892 Duisburg–1965 Munich Title: Untitled . Date: 1916. Technique: Watercolour on paper. Measurement: 44 x 30.5 cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower left: JohMolzahn 1916. Frame: Model frame. Provenance: - Estate Ostermann-Droste, Münster - Private collection Rhineland - Kunsthandel Alexander Stradmann, Meerbusch - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia - An early example of his compositions of colour and form moving within infinite space - A work characterised by particularly vivid colours and a striking contrast between warm and cool tones - Molzahn’s oeuvre is exemplary of the avant-garde of the early 20th century - From 1917, Molzahn began exhibiting at Herwarth Walden’s famous "Der Sturm" gallery Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 32.77 Euro plus 6.23 Euro VAT EU: 50.42 Euro plus 9.58 Euro VAT Third country: 277.32 Euro plus 52.69 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Johannes Molzahn #Expressionism #Abstraction #Germany #Modern Art #1910s #Modern Art. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.