Sale: 555 / 19th Century Art, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 356


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Franz von Stuck
Der Engel des Gerichts, Um 1922.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 150,000

 
$ 107,000 - 160,500

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Der Engel des Gerichts. Um 1922.
Oil on panel.
Signed in right of the bottom center. Titled, inscribed, numbered and with an old, illegible handwritten (ownership) label on the reverse . 105.5 x 117.5 cm (41.5 x 46.2 in).


• Impressive motif referring to Stuck's first great success as an artist with the work “Wächter des Paradieses" (Guardian of Paradise).
• Characteristic work by the master of Symbolism, the dark yet glowing colors add a psychological intensity to the scene.
• Fascinating interpretation and bold realization of the age-old motif, in line with the rebellious spirit of the turn of the century.
• Privately owned since it was made, for the first time available on the auction market.
• On permanent loan to the Munich Künstlerhaus on Lenbachplatz for over 20 years.
• Works by the Munich 'painter prince' can be found in international collections such as the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
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PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (since then in private ownership).

EXHIBITION: Münchner Kunstausstellung, Glaspalast, Munich, June 1 - September 30, 1922, no. 2622 (illu.).
Schönemann & Lampl, Munich, 1924 (from the artist's possession).
Spring exhibition, Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin, May-June 1926, no. 258.
Franz von Stuck. Gemälde, Zeichnung, Plastik aus Privatbesitz, Galerie der Stadt Aschaffenburg, February 26 - August 24, 1994; Augustinermuseum, Freiburg i. Br., May 6 - July 17, 1994; Städtische Galerie, Rosenheim, August 7 - September 11, 1994, cat. no. 40 (with illus.).
Munich Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz, permanent loan (2001-2024).

LITERATURE: Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck 1863-1928. catalogue raisonné of the paintings with an introduction to his symbolism, no. 551/303 (illu. in b/w)
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Anton Sailer, Franz von Stuck. Ein Lebensmärchen, Munich 1969, p. 45 (color detail).
Bernd Feiler, Der Blaue Reiter und der Erzbischof. Religiöse Tendenzen, christlicher Glaube und kirchliches Bekenntnis in der Malerei Münchens von 1911 bis 1925, Phd thesis. Munich 2002, p. 151f. (illu.).

Called up: June 8, 2024 - ca. 15.16 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium and taxation for Franz von Stuck "Der Engel des Gerichts"
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