DIETZ EDZARD (GERMAN 1893-1963) FOR PUHL WAGNER §
FLAGELLATION, 1925
£11,340
Auction: MODERN MADE Part II | 01 November 2024 | Lots 80 to 444
Description
signed and dated (lower left) and AUSF. PUHL U. WAGNER / GOTTFRIED HEINERSDORFF BERLIN (lower right), stained and leaded glass
Dimensions
166.5cm high, 156cm wide, 8cm deep (65 ½in high, 61 ¼in wide, 3in deep)
Provenance
Private Collection, London.
Footnote
Exhibited:
Monza Biennale, German Section, 1925, room 128.
The 1925 Biennale aimed to encourage the development of Italian craftmanship. The exhibition program favoured heterogeneity in themes and sections from sacred to graphic arts, and from construction to public art. The German pavilion by the Deutscher Werkbund particularly stood out in 1925.
The current work reflects the early influence of the German Expressionists on Edzard's work in the angular human bodies and use of Christian iconography. Before the First World War Edzard studied in Berlin under Max Beckmann, and he was surround by the exciting avant-garde notions of Die Brucke. Following the traumatic war years having been in active military duty for the whole war his work took on a melancholic and reflective tone in the years immediately following the conflict, and it is reflective in his design for this unique stained glass work.
The design for the stained glass window gives the impression that it is a particularly personal work, and it has been suggested that it includes a self-portrait of the artist, and that the figure on the right hand side of the image is a portrait of his tutor and artist Max Beckmann.