LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.51 in. (77.50 cm.) (height) by 25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated lower left (incised into the wet paint): Molzahn 30. On the reverse inscribed with brush in black: Oben! Enclosed: a lebel from an exhibition at 'Der Sturm', formerly attached to the reverse of the canvas, inscribed by the artist: Johs. Molzahn Perpetuum immobile Preis: [crossed out] Mark Adr. Soest ;  Westf. Höggenstr. 28

Condition:

framed

Exhibited:

Johannes Molzahn. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Holzschnitte, Lithos (=Der Sturm, 91. Ausstellung). Berlin, Der Sturm, 1920, cat. no. 9 (as „Per-petuum immobile“, before being overpainted)/ Johannes Molzahn. Weimar, Museum am Museumsplatz, 1922 (as „Perpetuum immobile“, before being overpainted) / Johannes Molzahn. Das malerische Werk. Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, 1988, cat. no. 34, ill. p. 72 (in the current state)

Provenance:

Fritz Kolb, Pegnitz (circa 1946) / private collection, southern Germany (since 1958)