Lot 166
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Franz Radziwill
Frau mit weißem Umhang, 1927.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,900 - 45,200
Frau mit weißem Umhang. 1927.
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower left. 57.5 x 42 cm (22.6 x 16.5 in) [KA].
• Rare work of New Objectivity from Radziwill's early surrealist period.
• First exhibited in 1928.
• With her draped cloak, feathered hat, and mysterious gaze, “Frau mit weißem Umhang” (Woman with White Cloak) combines the tradition of royal portraits with the dawn of a pioneering new painting style.
• Created during his studies at the Art Academy in Dresden.
• Influences of the Old Masters: Inspired by artists such as Caspar David Friedrich, Radziwill developed a unique, surreal visual language that contains profound symbolism and allusions to transience.
• Most recently shown in the exhibition “Schneeweiß und Nachtschwarz” at the Franz Radziwill House, Dangast, 2016/17.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Galleria del Levante, Milan/Munich (directly from the artist, until 1981, with the label on the reverse).
Private collection, Milan (from the above, 1981- ca. 1983).
Private collection, South Germany (since ca. 1983).
EXHIBITION: Franz Radziwill, Kunsthütte Chemnitz, January/February 1928, no number.
Retrospektiv-Ausstellung Franz Radziwill. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Baukunst Architekturgesellschaft, Cologne, September 11–November 9, 1968, cat. no. 28.
Franz Radziwill, Galleria d'Arte Stivani, Bologna, November 18–December 18, 1972, cat. no. 7 (illustrated)
Europa due tra sogno e impegno, Pinacoteca Comunale, Ravenna, July 26–September 15, 1973, cat. no. 119
Neue Sachlichkeit and German Realism of the Twenties, Hayward Gallery, London, November 11, 1978–January 14, 1979, cat. no. 201.
Franz Radziwill, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, November 23, 1981–January 3, 1982; Landesmuseum Oldenburg, January 15–February 15, 1982; Kunstverein Hanover, February 21–April 12, 1982, cat. no. 39.
Messerscharf und detailverliebt. Werke der Neuen Sachlichkeit, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, October 31, 2015–January 31, 2016; Landesgalerie Linz des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums, March 10–June 5, 2016, pp. 75–76, cat. no. 40 (illustrated)
Schneeweiß und Nachtschwarz, Franz Radziwill House and Archive, Varel-Dangast, March 13, 2016–January 8, 2017, cat. no. 9 (illustrated).
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Rainer W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill. 1895-1983. Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1995, cat. no. 285 (illustrated)
Radziwill list 4, no. 80 (inscribed on the reverse)
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Wilfried Seeba, Franz Radziwill (1895-1983). Catalogue raisonné of watercolors, drawings, and painted postcards, Isensee 2006, p. 67: Study of an old woman for “Woman with White Cloak.”
Olaf Peters, Im Lichte der Staatsideen: Franz Radziwill's Gemälde “Revolution/Demons,” in: Uwe Fleckner (ed.), Das verfemte Meisterwerk: Schicksalswege moderner Kunst im “Dritten Reich,” Berlin 2009, pp. 365–382, here pp. 376, 382: Studio photograph from ca. 1936 showing the present work.
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 15.28 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower left. 57.5 x 42 cm (22.6 x 16.5 in) [KA].
• Rare work of New Objectivity from Radziwill's early surrealist period.
• First exhibited in 1928.
• With her draped cloak, feathered hat, and mysterious gaze, “Frau mit weißem Umhang” (Woman with White Cloak) combines the tradition of royal portraits with the dawn of a pioneering new painting style.
• Created during his studies at the Art Academy in Dresden.
• Influences of the Old Masters: Inspired by artists such as Caspar David Friedrich, Radziwill developed a unique, surreal visual language that contains profound symbolism and allusions to transience.
• Most recently shown in the exhibition “Schneeweiß und Nachtschwarz” at the Franz Radziwill House, Dangast, 2016/17.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Galleria del Levante, Milan/Munich (directly from the artist, until 1981, with the label on the reverse).
Private collection, Milan (from the above, 1981- ca. 1983).
Private collection, South Germany (since ca. 1983).
EXHIBITION: Franz Radziwill, Kunsthütte Chemnitz, January/February 1928, no number.
Retrospektiv-Ausstellung Franz Radziwill. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Baukunst Architekturgesellschaft, Cologne, September 11–November 9, 1968, cat. no. 28.
Franz Radziwill, Galleria d'Arte Stivani, Bologna, November 18–December 18, 1972, cat. no. 7 (illustrated)
Europa due tra sogno e impegno, Pinacoteca Comunale, Ravenna, July 26–September 15, 1973, cat. no. 119
Neue Sachlichkeit and German Realism of the Twenties, Hayward Gallery, London, November 11, 1978–January 14, 1979, cat. no. 201.
Franz Radziwill, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, November 23, 1981–January 3, 1982; Landesmuseum Oldenburg, January 15–February 15, 1982; Kunstverein Hanover, February 21–April 12, 1982, cat. no. 39.
Messerscharf und detailverliebt. Werke der Neuen Sachlichkeit, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, October 31, 2015–January 31, 2016; Landesgalerie Linz des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums, March 10–June 5, 2016, pp. 75–76, cat. no. 40 (illustrated)
Schneeweiß und Nachtschwarz, Franz Radziwill House and Archive, Varel-Dangast, March 13, 2016–January 8, 2017, cat. no. 9 (illustrated).
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Rainer W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill. 1895-1983. Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1995, cat. no. 285 (illustrated)
Radziwill list 4, no. 80 (inscribed on the reverse)
-
Wilfried Seeba, Franz Radziwill (1895-1983). Catalogue raisonné of watercolors, drawings, and painted postcards, Isensee 2006, p. 67: Study of an old woman for “Woman with White Cloak.”
Olaf Peters, Im Lichte der Staatsideen: Franz Radziwill's Gemälde “Revolution/Demons,” in: Uwe Fleckner (ed.), Das verfemte Meisterwerk: Schicksalswege moderner Kunst im “Dritten Reich,” Berlin 2009, pp. 365–382, here pp. 376, 382: Studio photograph from ca. 1936 showing the present work.
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 15.28 h +/- 20 min.
“Who is this Franz Radziwill? A monstrous painter or a painting monster?” asked Hamburg artist Tom Hops (1906–1976). He sensed what was boiling inside his fellow artist: a painter and a magician in one.
The painting “Frau mit weißem Umhang” (Woman with White Cloak) is a product of this idea. Prepared in an ink drawing (illustrated), just a few colors unfold tremendous power: a red undergarment and a gray hat. Complemented by dark brown eyes that stare at the viewer with cold and inescapable intensity.
Another special feature: there are hardly any photographs of Franz Radziwill “at work.” Here: a “glimpse into the studio”: the painter at his easel. Leaning against it: his enigmatic, inscrutable portrait “Frau mit weißem Umhang.”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler
The painting “Frau mit weißem Umhang” (Woman with White Cloak) is a product of this idea. Prepared in an ink drawing (illustrated), just a few colors unfold tremendous power: a red undergarment and a gray hat. Complemented by dark brown eyes that stare at the viewer with cold and inescapable intensity.
Another special feature: there are hardly any photographs of Franz Radziwill “at work.” Here: a “glimpse into the studio”: the painter at his easel. Leaning against it: his enigmatic, inscrutable portrait “Frau mit weißem Umhang.”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler
166
Franz Radziwill
Frau mit weißem Umhang, 1927.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,900 - 45,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Franz Radziwill "Frau mit weißem Umhang"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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