Johannes Molzahn

MOLZAHN, JOHANNES 1892 Duisburg - 1965 Munich Title: "Armariolo in Antisma". Date: 1930/31. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 125 x 125cm. Notation: Signed and dated upper left: molzahn 31. As well as signed, dated and inscribed and titled verso lower left: Johannes Molzahn 1930 Breslau "Armariolo in Antisma". Above the serial number: 077. Hand written remark on stretcher upper right: Im Besitz: Ilse Molzahn. Beside that adress detals. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. On the reverse side protection of the painting is a documentation by Hans Peter Reisse, Johannes Molzahn Centrum, Kassel, dated 30 April 2002. Provenance - Johannes Molzahn Centrum, Kassel Exhibition: - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt 1956, no. 9 - Verein für Kunst, Literatur und Kunsthandwerk Bamberg e.V. 1964, no.11 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg 1964, no. 27 - Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munich 1972, no. 18 - Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg 1974, no. 17, ill. - Staatliches Museum Schwerin/Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg/Nationalmuseum Wroclaw, Polen, 2002 (not exhibited in the last), (label) Literature: - Gries, Christian: Johannes Molzahn (1892-1965) und der 'Kampf um die Kunst' im Deutschland der Weimarer Republik (appendix: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde von Johannes Molzahn), Diss. Universität Augsburg 1996, cat. rais. no. 158A - Schade, Herbert: Johannes Molzahn - Einführung in das Werk und die Kunsttheorie des Malers, Munich/Zurich1972, cat. rais. no. 35, ill. m. pag. - Exhib. cat. Johannes Molzahn, Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, 1974, cat. rais. no. 17, ill. m. pag. - Berswordt-Wallrabe, Kornelia von/Müller, Otto: Von Otto Mueller bis Oskar Schlemmer - Künstler der Breslauer Akademie, Schwerin 2002, cat. rais. no. 64, ill. p. 157 - Exhib. cat. Vom Expressionismus zur Neuen Sachlichkeit. Wilhelm Morgner und die Soester Kunstavantgarde 1918-1934, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest 2021, cat. rais. no. 101, ill. p. 79 (here only illustrated in caltalogue) - From the artist's most fertile creative years - Underneath our 2nd version is probably the 1st version of the painting - Characteristic, dynamic composition with a complex colour scheme - Offered for the first time on the international auction market. Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.