Franz Radziwill

Franz Radziwill 1895 - 1983 Frau mit Kind (Schwarze Madonna). 1921. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed in the lower right. 85.6 x 80.5 cm (33.7 x 31.6 in). Also known by the title “Die schwarze Madonna” (letter from Franz Radziwill to Gerhard Wietek dated October 25, 1962). [KA] More works from the Kropatscheck Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, December 4, 2026; in our “Rare Books” auction on Monday, November 23, 2026; and in our Online Sale from January 15 through February 15, 2027. • A powerful portrait from 1921, created at a pivotal turning point in Radziwill’s career. • An archaic reinterpretation: Radziwill reinterprets the classical motif of the “Madonna and Child” as a symbol of the crisis-ridden interwar period. • Harbingers of Magic Realism: Dancers and enigmatic circus motifs in the background already foreshadow the fantastical and abysmal visual world that would come to define Radziwill’s major body of work. • Distinguished provenance: Once part of the collection of Expressionist patron Rosa Schapire, it has now been in the Kropatscheck Collection for nearly 70 years. • On permanent loan as a high-profile exhibit at the Hamburger Kunsthalle from 2020 to 2026. PROVENANCE: Collection of Rosa Schapire, Hamburg (1921). Collection of Herbert von Garvens, Hanover/Bornholm (1922). Galerie Dr. Hans Fetscherin, Munich, until 1959; Lempertz (with a label on the reverse of the stretcher). Dr. Walter Kropatscheck, Heligoland (acquired from the above) Collection of Fritz Eugen and Hannemarie Kropatscheck, Hamburg (inherited from the above). EXHIBITION: EXHIBITION: Franz Radziwill. 1895–1983, Das größte Wunder ist die Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Feb. 11–Apr. 23, 1995; Ulmer Museum, May 7–July 16, 1995; Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, July 30–September 24, 1995, cat. no. 12 (with color illustration). Franz Radziwill. Vom Expressionismus zum Magischen Realismus, Ernst Barlach Haus – Hermann F. Reemstsma Foundation, Hamburg, May 28–September 10, 2006, p. 41 (with illustration). Kunsthalle Hamburg (permanent loan from the Kropatscheck Collection, 2020–2026). LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Rainer W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill. 1895–1983. Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne 1995, CR no. 80 (with b&w ill.). - - Galerie von Garvens, Hanover, Zwei Jahre Galerie von Garvens, 1922, no page: Hauptwerke der Sammlung Herbert von Garvens-Garvensburg. Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 455th Auction, 20th-Century Art, Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, June 19, 1959, lot 311. Gerhard Wietek, Dr. phil. Rosa Schapire, Yearbook of the Hamburg Art Collections, vol. 9, 1964, p. 130. Karin Vester, Herbert von Garvens-Garvensburg: Sammler und Galerist im Hannover der frühen zwanziger Jahre, Hamburg 1989, collection catalog A I.1, p. 8. Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Plastik und Kunsthandwerk, catalogue raisonné, Munich 2001, including: letter from Franz Radziwill regarding Rosa Schapire’s home furnishings, p. 165. Birgit Ahrens, Schulamith Behr, et al., Rosa: Eigenartig Grün. Rosa Schapire und die Expressionisten, Ostfildern 2009, pp. 224–225 (with ill.). Maike Bruhns, Kunst in der Krise. Hamburger Kunst im “Dritten Reich,” Hamburg 2025, p. 254. Von Monet bis Picasso. Jüdische Kunstsammler:innen in Deutschland, exhibition catalog, Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, Munich 2026, p. 223 (with ill.). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.56 h +/- 20 min.

Estimación:60.000€

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