Oil on canvas. Signed on the left tombstone. With several numbers on the reverse as well as with label numbered "284" in typography. 42 x 54 cm.
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- The self-taught artist Radziwill was enthusiastic about Romantic painting in his early creative period: Caspar David Friedrich's motifs were a great inspiration to him. - Radziwill's Magic Realism unites surrealistic and mysterious elements. - Atmospheric work of an uncommon suggestive power, nuanced in terms of technique and colos. - Works by the extraordinary artist are in renowned collections like the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Nationalgalerie Berlin and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich/Rainer W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill 1895 bis 1983. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Cologne 1995, p. 349, no. 271 (fig.). Hand-written list, no. 81. Villa Grisebach, Berlin, Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, 38th auction, May 28, 1994, lot 221 (fig.). Auktionshaus Lempertz, Köln, Moderne Kunst - Gemälde - Plastik - Aquarelle [...], auction on June 10, 1995, lot 597 (fig.).