Tulips

(1895 Strohhausen - 1983 Wilhelmshaven) Tulips. A very early still life by Radziwill with two long-stemmed tulips against a neutral background, created in 1924 shortly after his transition to the New Objectivity or Magic Realism, following his final settlement in Dangast in 1923. In 1924, Radziwill participated in a non-juried exhibition in Berlin with a special presentation of 17 of his own paintings alongside works by Giorgio de Chirico, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Otto Dix, and Wassily Kandinsky. In 1925, Radziwill held his first solo exhibition in Oldenburg with 60 works. He later returned to the motif of tulips repeatedly in several larger still lifes, such as "Three Tulips" (1934/1935, Wvz. 411), "Red Tulip" (1942, Wvz. 517), "Two Tulips" (1943, Wvz. 521), as well as in similar elongated vertical depictions of flower stems, for example "Tulips on Black and White Background" (1946, Wvz. 562) and "White Tulip" (1952, Wvz. 664). Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed and marked with the monogram "Fr. R." on the reverse, with the work number 201 and the date "1924" [sic.].

Stamp "Franz Radziwill (/) Nordseebad Dangast b. Varel i. O." and another round, illegible stamp. 27.3 cm x 17 cm. Framed. Literature: Catalog "Franz Radziwill - Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings," Kunsthalle Bremen 1970/71, No. 110; Catalog "Franz Radziwill," Kunstverein Hannover 1971, p. 62; Wilfried Seeba: "Catalog of Watercolors, Drawings, and Colored Postcards," Published by the Franz Radziwill Society, Oldenburg 2006, work number 2809 (which indicates the date 1928). Provenance: North German private collection, Oldenburg i. O.