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Johannes Molzahn: ”Juggling with the Stars V” - MOLZAHN, JOHANNES 1892 Duisburg - 1965 Munich Title: ”Juggling with the Stars V”. Date: 1948. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 101,5 x 86,5cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower right: Johs Molzahn 48. Inscription and titled verso, top and bottom left: 46. JOHANNES MOLZAHN 1948 NEW YORK 'JUGGLING WITH THE STARS V'. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. The work is listed as number 46 in Loretto Molzahn's fragmentary inventory of paintings. Provenance: - Molzahn Estate - Loretto Molzahn (the artist's second wife), Munich - Private Collection, Hesse Exhibitions: - National Gallery, Berlin (former loan) - Hessian State Museum, Darmstadt, 1956 - Inge Ahlers Gallery, Mannheim, 1957 - Association for Art, Literature, and Crafts, Bamberg, 1964 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, 1964 - Catholic Academy in Bavaria, Munich, 1972 - Gallery next to St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, 1973 - New Gallery at the Joanneum State Museum, Graz, 1973 - East German Gallery, Regensburg, 1974 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, 1988 Literature: - Gries, Christian: Johannes Molzahn (1892-1965) and the 'Struggle for Art' in Germany during the Weimar Republic (Appendix: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Johannes Molzahn), Dissertation, University of Augsburg, 1996, cat. rais. no. 238 A, ill. - Exhib. cat., Johannes Molzahn, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 1956, cat. no. 32, ill. - Exhib. cat., Johannes Molzahn. Paintings. Watercolors. Prints, Galerie Inge Ahlers, Mannheim, 1957, cat. no. 14 - Exhib. cat., Johannes Molzahn, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, 1964, cat. no. 48, ill. - Exhib. cat., Johannes Molzahn, Catholic Academy in Bavaria, Munich, 1972, cat. no. 39 (here incorrectly dated 1947) - Exhib. cat., Johannes Molzahn. Paintings and prints, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 1973, cat. no. 40, ill. - Exhib. cat. Johannes Molzahn, Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, 1974, cat. no. 59, ill. - Schade, Herbert: Johannes Molzahn, Munich/Zurich 1972, p. 9, 119 (here incorrectly referred to as ”Juggler with the Stars V”), ill. - Exhib. cat. Johannes Molzahn. The Painterly Oeuvre, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg 1988, p. 110, 139 - A central protagonist of Classical Modernism, with works in leading international museums - A characteristic work from his American exile period - illustrating the painter's artistic maturity and international influence - An expression of balance and creative power - a symbol of humanity in the tension between spirit, technology, and the universe Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Johannes Molzahn Germany Abstraction Modern Art 1940s Framed Group of Figures Painting Oil Shapes