KOLOMAN MOSER
| About the artist | 1868 – Vienna – 1918 |
| Executed by | around 1914, CR-no. 162 |
| Marked | rubber stamp from the estate of the artist on lower right: “NACHLASS KOLOMAN MOSER” |
| Dimensions | Picture size: H 130.5 cm, W 213.5 cm Frame size: H 136.5 cm, W 219.5 cm |
| Material | Oil on canvas, small retouches, cleaned and varnished, excellent condition |
| 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, 20 May 2010, no. 1110 (ill.), private collection, Belgium |
| Literature | G. Pichler, Koloman Moser. Die Gemälde, catalogue raisonné, E. Kohlbacher, A. M. Wienerroither, W&K Edition, p. 154; Fenz 1984, p. 261, ill. 42 |
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).
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