Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (70s - contemporary) Franz Radziwill - Biography
Zauber der Früchte. 1970.
Oil on canvas, laminated on panel.
Signed in the lower right. Numbered "636" by hand on the reverse. 37 x 19.5 cm (14.5 x 7.6 in).
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• Radziwill's unmistakable imagery makes him one of the most important representatives of Magic Realism in Germany.
• His fascinating pictorial worlds combine surrealist and mysterious elements.
• Works by this extraordinary artist can be found in renowned collections, including the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Nationalgalerie Berlin and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Privatse collection Lower Saxony (acquired in 1985 erworben, Bolland & Marotz).
EXHIBITION: Franz Radziwill: Paintings - Watercolors - Drawings, Kunsthalle Bremen, December 13, 1970 - February 7, 1971.
Franz Radziwill, Kunstverein Hanover, November 17 - December 19, 1971; Städtisches Museum, Trier, January 15 - February 27, 1972; Mittelrhein Museum, Koblenz, March 10 - April 21, 1972, no. 81.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Rainer W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill 1895 bis 1983. Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1995, cat. no. 840 (illustrated)
Handwritten list of works by the artist, list 4, no. 636 (unpublished).
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Bolland & Marotz, Bremen, 40th auction, April 1985, no. 590 (illustrated).
In good condition. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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