Bildnis Franz Haßler

Details

Franz Radziwill (1895-1983)
Bildnis Franz Haßler
oil on canvas
28 x 21 ½ in. (71 x 54.5 cm.)
Painted in 1925

Provenance

Franz Haßler, Hamburg.
Dr Wilhelm Niemeyer, Hamburg, by 1942, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

G. Wietek, ed., Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Katalog, Schleswig, 1986, p. 57 (illustrated).
G. Wietek, Franz Radziwill und Wilhelm Niemeyer - Dokumente einer Freundschaft (...), Oldenburg, 1990, no. 151, pp. 108, 110, 116, 271 & 380 (illustrated).
A. Firmenich & R.W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Cologne, 1995, no. 241, p. 344 (illustrated pl. 38, pp. 131 & 344).

Exhibited

Emden, Kunsthalle, Franz Radziwill, February - April 1995, no. 38 (illustrated).
(on loan) Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, by 1986.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Franz Haßler (1864-1942) was an analytical chemist and philosopher. He was a passive member of Die Brücke, and an important collector and supporter of the young artist, whom he knew through Dr Wilhelm Niemeyer.

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