Still life where an african object of his collection is depicted
Emil Maetzel
Vendu
8 000 €
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanyTaille
M: 53 cm x 63 cm (inside) M: 70,5 x 79 cm (with frame)
M: 20.9 inch x 24.8 inch (inside) M: 70,5 x 31.1 inch (with frame)
Description
mixing technique in oil, painted on wood, signed at the bottom on the left “EM21”, in black wooden frame with broad rim;
artistically Emil Maetzel was primarily influenced by the expressionistic artists of the “Brücke” group. He collected african sculpture and adopted forms and colours in his primitive paintings. He developed an expressionistic style of his own; additional: oracle bowl “agere ifa”, wood, middle brown patina, a female figure kneeling on a disc-shaped base, supporting a flat plate-like receptacle on the head, slightly dam., missing parts, cracks; H: 17cm, D: 15 cm