Lot 356 
Raumbeispiel
356
Franz von Stuck
Kämpfende Faune, 1898.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 73,500 - 94,500
Kämpfende Faune. 1898.
Oil on panel.
Lower right signed. With old numbered labels and hand-written numbers on the reverse. 57 x 80 cm (22.4 x 31.4 in).
In the original frame by Hans Irlbacher, Munich (with the label).
• The fauns are an important motif in Stuck's oeuvre and can be read as one of the artist's mythological 'alter egos'.
• Wonderful luminous coloration in the interplay of landscape, figure and sky.
• One of the most successful depictions of the central theme of the "Fighting Fauns".
• A first version of the motif can be found in the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Fritz Reimann Collection (1862-1913), Elberfeld (until 1908).
Städtisches Museum Elberfeld/Barmen (gifted from Rudolf von Baum in 1908, until 1956).
Private collection (acquired from the above in August 1956).
Private collection Bavaria.
LITERATURE: Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck 1863-1928. Catalog of paintings with an introduction into his Symbolism, Munich 1973, no. 184/100 (fig.).
Franz Hermann Meißner, Franz Stuck. Das Künstlerbuch III, Berlin/Leipzig 1899, pp. 64f.
Die Kunst für Alle, vol. 18, 1902/03, p. 292.
Artur Weese: Franz Stuck: eine Analyse, in: Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst (ed.), Die Graphischen Künste, vol. 26, 1903, illu. p. 15.
Fritz von Ostini, Franz von Stuck. Das Gesamtwerk, Munich 1909, p. 74 (illu.).
Kunstchronik: Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, N.F. 19.1908, issue 17, 28. February 1908, col. 299.
Die Werkstatt der Kunst: Organ für d. Interessen d. bildenden Künstler, 7.1907/1908, issue 24, March 16, 1908, col. 331.
Katalog des Städtisches Museums Elberfeld, Die Reimann-Sammlung, Elberfeld no date (ca. 1920), no. 148.
Otto Julius Bierbaum, Stuck, Bielefeld/Leipzig 1924, pp. 105, 110, illu. 101, p. 93.
Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker, Hans Vollmer (ed.), Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, vol. 32: Stephens-Theodotos, Leipzig 1938, p. 233.
Claudia Gross-Roath, Das Frauenbild bei Franz von Stuck, Weimar 1999, p. 215.
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 14.44 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on panel.
Lower right signed. With old numbered labels and hand-written numbers on the reverse. 57 x 80 cm (22.4 x 31.4 in).
In the original frame by Hans Irlbacher, Munich (with the label).
• The fauns are an important motif in Stuck's oeuvre and can be read as one of the artist's mythological 'alter egos'.
• Wonderful luminous coloration in the interplay of landscape, figure and sky.
• One of the most successful depictions of the central theme of the "Fighting Fauns".
• A first version of the motif can be found in the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Fritz Reimann Collection (1862-1913), Elberfeld (until 1908).
Städtisches Museum Elberfeld/Barmen (gifted from Rudolf von Baum in 1908, until 1956).
Private collection (acquired from the above in August 1956).
Private collection Bavaria.
LITERATURE: Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck 1863-1928. Catalog of paintings with an introduction into his Symbolism, Munich 1973, no. 184/100 (fig.).
Franz Hermann Meißner, Franz Stuck. Das Künstlerbuch III, Berlin/Leipzig 1899, pp. 64f.
Die Kunst für Alle, vol. 18, 1902/03, p. 292.
Artur Weese: Franz Stuck: eine Analyse, in: Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst (ed.), Die Graphischen Künste, vol. 26, 1903, illu. p. 15.
Fritz von Ostini, Franz von Stuck. Das Gesamtwerk, Munich 1909, p. 74 (illu.).
Kunstchronik: Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, N.F. 19.1908, issue 17, 28. February 1908, col. 299.
Die Werkstatt der Kunst: Organ für d. Interessen d. bildenden Künstler, 7.1907/1908, issue 24, March 16, 1908, col. 331.
Katalog des Städtisches Museums Elberfeld, Die Reimann-Sammlung, Elberfeld no date (ca. 1920), no. 148.
Otto Julius Bierbaum, Stuck, Bielefeld/Leipzig 1924, pp. 105, 110, illu. 101, p. 93.
Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker, Hans Vollmer (ed.), Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, vol. 32: Stephens-Theodotos, Leipzig 1938, p. 233.
Claudia Gross-Roath, Das Frauenbild bei Franz von Stuck, Weimar 1999, p. 215.
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 14.44 h +/- 20 min.
"But the whole world was talking about the young painter, who immediately appeared with such decided independence and offered so many things at once: Apparitions from the mythical world of antiquity, nymphs, fauns and centaurs, all bursting with full-blooded life and blossoming in a full-blooded sensuality free from lechery; scenes from Paradise Lost, which were connected with that great exhibition painting; all kinds of romantic things; landscapes of a highly heightened, in its way also monumentalized mood; etchings, a few still lifes, etc. And all this was of a powerful new colorfulness, the language of which changed with the subject, sometimes tingling and vibrating, then rich and juicy, then calmly tonal, as in a few dusky landscapes, then glowing, as in the evening picture with the lonely rider, This debutant, who was already an accomplished artist, could still become anything: a great landscapist, a captivating fantasist, a master of the monumental."
Fritz von Ostini, Franz von Stuck: Gesamtwerk, Munich 1909, p. VIII, on Stuck's exhibiiton at the Munich Kunstverein 1891.
Fritz von Ostini, Franz von Stuck: Gesamtwerk, Munich 1909, p. VIII, on Stuck's exhibiiton at the Munich Kunstverein 1891.
356
Franz von Stuck
Kämpfende Faune, 1898.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 73,500 - 94,500
Buyer's premium and taxation for Franz von Stuck "Kämpfende Faune"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.