Koloman Moser - BATTLE OF THE TITANS II

Date	around 1914
Period	around 1914
Origin	Austrian
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	130.5 x 213.5 cm (51³/₈ x 84 inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Around 1914, CR-no. 162

rubber stamp from the estate of the artist on lower right: “NACHLASS KOLOMAN MOSER”

Oil on canvas, small retouches, cleaned and varnished, excellent condition

Picture size: H 130.5 cm, W 213.5 cm
Frame size: H 136.5 cm, W 219.5 cm

Koloman Moser conceived his painting "Battle of the Titans II", as a tribute to Peter Paul Ruben’s "Battle of the Amazons", 1615-1618, and Hans Canon’s "The Cycle of Life", 1884/85, which obviously left a lasting impression on him at the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum (museum of fine arts)

There is proof of several figure studies for this painting performed in pencil or charcoal (Dorotheum Vienna, Moderne Graphik/modern graphics, 25 June 2011, no. 180; Dorotheum Vienna, Sammlung Lill/collection Lill, 31 May 2005, no. 20; Dorotheum Vienna, Moderne/modern art, 28 February 2007, no. 1, no. 2; Dorotheum Vienna, Klassische Moderne/classical modern art, 29 May 2007, no. 17).

Date: around 1914
Period: around 1914
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature:

rubber stamp from the estate of the artist on lower right: “NACHLASS KOLOMAN MOSER”

Dimensions: 130.5 x 213.5 cm (51³/₈ x 84 inches)
Provenance:

Provenance: Estate of the artist (Editha Hauska, widow after Kolo Moser, Karl and Dietrich Moser, Vienna); Dr. Josef and Dr. Cäcile Lilienthal, Vienna; Ricarda Klausner (née Lilienthal), Baden; Dorotheum Vienna, 639. Kunstauktion/639th Art Auction, 22 March 1983, no. 154, plate 106; Galerie Metropol, Vienna (1984 -proof); private collection; Sotheby's London, Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, 8 February 2006, no. 428; private property Europe; Dorotheum Vienna, Klassische Moderne/ classical modern art, 200 May 2010, no. 1110 (ill.), private collection, Belgium

Literature:

Ref.:
G. Pichler, Koloman Moser. Die Gemälde, catalogue raisonné, E. Kohlbacher, A. M. Wienerroither, W&K Edition, p. 154; Fenz 1984, p. 261, ill. 42

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