Lot no. 309
Alexander Kanoldt
Villa Edmond About, Zabern (Hauseingang)
Öl auf Leinwand. 48,5 x 35,5 cm. Gerahmt. Unten links signiert und datiert 'Kanoldt 1917' sowie rückseitig auf dem Keilrahmen signiert, datiert und betitelt 'Kanoldt 1917 Villa About Zabern'. - Sehr guter farbfrischer Zustand.
Wir danken Michael Koch, München, für freundliche ergänzende Auskünfte. Die Arbeit wird in das in Vorbereitung befindliche Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde aufgenommen.
Provenienz
Sammlung Wilhelm Durand und Anne-Marie Durand-Wever, Bad Tölz/München/Berlin (mit rückseitigen Aufklebern auf Leinwand und Keilrahmen); seitdem in Familienbesitz
Reizvoll und geheimnisvoll liegt das weiß-rote Haus hinter schützenden dunklen Tannen. Das Motiv macht es leicht, von einer festen Tektonik des Bildgefüges zu sprechen. Das Gemälde entstand während des Ersten Weltkrieges, vermutlich während Kanoldts Militäreinsatz in Elsass-Lothringen. Es zeigt laut Michael Koch die noch heute existierende, aber baulich veränderte Villa des Schriftstellers Edmond About in Zabern/Saverne.
Kompositorisch interessant ist der komplementäre Kontrast von Rot und Grün, von Hell und Dunkel, von Statischem und Bewegtem. Trotz der formalen Spannkraft mit diversen, sich überkreuzenden Diagonalen gibt es hier eine zurückgenommene Harmonie von Raum und Farbe. Die Prägnanz der Architekturform und das Fehlen jeglicher Zeichen menschlicher Präsenz verdeutlichen das Pathos des Bildes, welches bereits auf den „magischen Realismus“ hindeutet.
Alexander Kanoldt
Villa Edmond About, Zabern (Hauseingang)
Oil on canvas. 48.5 x 35.5 cm. Framed. Signed and dated 'Kanoldt 1917' lower left and additionally signed, dated and titled 'Kanoldt 1917 Villa About Zabern' to the reverse of the stretcher. - In fine condition with fresh colours.
We would like to thank Michael Koch, Munic,h for his kind, confirmatory information. The work will be included in the upcoming catalogue raisonné of Kanoldt's oil paintings.
Provenance
Collection of Wilhelm Durand and Anne-Marie Durand-Wever, Bad Tölz/Munich (labelled to the reverse of the canvas and stretcher); in family possession since.
This work shows an appealing and mysterious view of a red and white house seen through the protective dark pine trees. The motif allows us to speak of a solid build-up of the pictorial structure. This work was painted during the First World War, probably during Kanoldt's military service in Alsace-Lorraine. According to Michael Koch it depicts the villa of the author Edmond About in Zabern/Saverne which is still existing today but has now been structurally altered.
The complementary contrasts of red and green, light and dark, rigidity and movement create an interesting composition. Despite the formal tension created by the numerous intersecting diagonals, the work still exudes a reserved spatial and tonal harmony. The striking architectural form and lack of signs of human inhabitancy underline the pathos of the image and already suggest the later “magical realism”.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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