MOLZAHN, JOHANNES1892 Duisburg - 1965 Munich


Title: "The Fable of the Contorsionist II".
Date: 1947.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 124 x 101,5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower left: Johs Molzahn 47. inscribed and titled verso lower left : JOHANNES MOLZAHN 1947 NEW YORK 'THE FABLE OF THE CONTORSIONIST II'. Numbered above: 37.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


The work is listed in the fragmentary inventory of paintings by Loretto Molzahn under the number 37.

We are grateful to Johannes-Molzahn-Centre, Kassel, for their kind, scientific support.

Provenance:
- Molzahn estate
- Loretto Molzahn (second wife of the artist), Munich
- Private collection, Hesse

Exhibitions:
- Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna 1973
- Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1973, no. 38

Literature:
- Gries, Christian: Johannes Molzahn (1892-1965) und der 'Kampf um die Kunst' in Deutschland der Weimarer Republik (appendix: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde von Johannes Molzahn), Diss. University of Augsburg 1996, cat. rais. no. 275 A
- Exhib. cat. Johannes Molzahn. Gemälde und Grafik, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1973, no. 38

- Impressive example of Molzahn's mastery of multi-perspective composition
- Market-fresh work from the artist's estate
- Characteristic painting in attractive colours.