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Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen
Das kranke Mädchen, 1919.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 150,000
$ 113,000 - 169,500
Das kranke Mädchen. 1919.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower left. 100 x 75 cm (39.3 x 29.5 in).
• Gesture, form, and color in an intensified expression.
• The painting is considered a "prelude to her entire oeuvre" and a milestone in Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen's career.
• The artist was a co-founder of the Hamburg Secession and a critical female representative of Expressionism.
• The year it was made, it was shown at the first exhibition of the Hamburg Secession at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• Of museum quality: one of the rare paintings from the artist's extremely small and highly acclaimed oeuvre.
• For almost 20 years, the work was on permanent loan at the Museum Schloß Gottdorf.
• The long overdue rediscovery and appreciation of her work commenced with the exhibitions “Einfühlung and Abstraktion: Die Moderne der Frauen in Deutschland” (2016) and “Ein Künstlerpaar der Moderne: Emil Maetzel und Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen” (2019).
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (with the stamp on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, North Germany (from the artist's estate).
EXHIBITION: 1st Exhibition of the Hamburg Secession, Hamburger Kunsthalle. Cat. no. 40.
Memorial Exhibition Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Kunstverein Hamburg 1931, no. 5.
Emil Maetzel - Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Kunstverein Hamburg, 1958, no. 34.
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottdorf, permanent loan (with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Galerie Herold, Hamburg, November 1986.
LITERATURE: Jan Buchholz, Doris von Zitzewitz (eds.), Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen. Leben und Werk mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Ölbilder, Neumünster/Hamburg, catalogue raisonné no. 23, illustrated in color on p. 45.
Karin von Behr, Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen Nachlese, Kiel/Hamburg 2013, illustrated in color on p. 79.
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Kunstchronik und Kunstmarkt, Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler, 55.1919/1920 (October-March), p. 401.
Volker D. Heydorn, Maler in Hamburg, vol. I, Hamburg 1974, illustrated on p. 93.
Hanns Theodor Flemming, Wiederentdeckung einer Expressionistin: Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Hamburg Galerie Herold, until November 29, 1986, in: Weltkunst, 56.1986, pp. 3629-3630.
Mathias F. Hans, Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen 1886-1930, Hamburg, 1986, p. 91, illustrated in color on p. 19.
"What I find so astonishing, on the other hand, is the subtle and very personal variation [..] in that 'Kranke Mädchen' (Sick Girl) from 1919, so much so that [.. ] it is still touches us today as a mature image at peace with itself, but at the same time can be seen as an overture to her entire work."
Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
Called up: June 6, 2025 - ca. 18.40 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower left. 100 x 75 cm (39.3 x 29.5 in).
• Gesture, form, and color in an intensified expression.
• The painting is considered a "prelude to her entire oeuvre" and a milestone in Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen's career.
• The artist was a co-founder of the Hamburg Secession and a critical female representative of Expressionism.
• The year it was made, it was shown at the first exhibition of the Hamburg Secession at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• Of museum quality: one of the rare paintings from the artist's extremely small and highly acclaimed oeuvre.
• For almost 20 years, the work was on permanent loan at the Museum Schloß Gottdorf.
• The long overdue rediscovery and appreciation of her work commenced with the exhibitions “Einfühlung and Abstraktion: Die Moderne der Frauen in Deutschland” (2016) and “Ein Künstlerpaar der Moderne: Emil Maetzel und Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen” (2019).
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (with the stamp on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, North Germany (from the artist's estate).
EXHIBITION: 1st Exhibition of the Hamburg Secession, Hamburger Kunsthalle. Cat. no. 40.
Memorial Exhibition Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Kunstverein Hamburg 1931, no. 5.
Emil Maetzel - Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Kunstverein Hamburg, 1958, no. 34.
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottdorf, permanent loan (with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Galerie Herold, Hamburg, November 1986.
LITERATURE: Jan Buchholz, Doris von Zitzewitz (eds.), Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen. Leben und Werk mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Ölbilder, Neumünster/Hamburg, catalogue raisonné no. 23, illustrated in color on p. 45.
Karin von Behr, Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen Nachlese, Kiel/Hamburg 2013, illustrated in color on p. 79.
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Kunstchronik und Kunstmarkt, Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler, 55.1919/1920 (October-March), p. 401.
Volker D. Heydorn, Maler in Hamburg, vol. I, Hamburg 1974, illustrated on p. 93.
Hanns Theodor Flemming, Wiederentdeckung einer Expressionistin: Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Hamburg Galerie Herold, until November 29, 1986, in: Weltkunst, 56.1986, pp. 3629-3630.
Mathias F. Hans, Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen 1886-1930, Hamburg, 1986, p. 91, illustrated in color on p. 19.
"What I find so astonishing, on the other hand, is the subtle and very personal variation [..] in that 'Kranke Mädchen' (Sick Girl) from 1919, so much so that [.. ] it is still touches us today as a mature image at peace with itself, but at the same time can be seen as an overture to her entire work."
Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
Called up: June 6, 2025 - ca. 18.40 h +/- 20 min.
Starting in an impressionistic vein, her works increasingly revealed an ever more pronounced formal consolidation in the style of Cézanne. Only after World War I did the young artist, who would soon emerge as the leading light in Hamburg's art scene, reach a mature style marked by expressionist elements. In 1919, she and her husband were among the founding members of the Hamburg Secession. However, since Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen abandoned her concept of color and form, which had been decisively influenced by the “Brücke” artists, in favor of a softer style around the mid-1920s, very few paintings from this critical creative phase, who died an early death, have survived. The portrait “Das kranke Mädchen” [The Sick Girl] is one of these rare paintings of such outstanding quality and finesse that can primarily be found in Maetzel-Johannsen's early portraits. The mask-like, exaggerated facial features with the disproportionately large black eyes, the eccentric position of the hand and the extremely elongated fingers, as well as the almost crystalline appearance of the pillow, create an impressively enraptured scene, an atmosphere of empathy, as is characteristic of the finest works by the North German artist. [EH]
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Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen
Das kranke Mädchen, 1919.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 150,000
$ 113,000 - 169,500
Buyer's premium and taxation for Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen "Das kranke Mädchen"
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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.
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.
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