ALFRED KUBIN, (1877-1959)
Der Mann im Mond
Der Mann im Mond
signed 'Kubin' (lower right)
brush, pen, ink and wash with Spritztechnik on paper
27.3 x 22cm (10 3/4 x 8 11/16in).
Executed in 1903 - 1904
Dr. Annegret Hoberg has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Peter Assmann.
Provenance
Alois Samhaber Collection, Wernstein (gifted by the artist).
Rosa Samhaber Collection, Wernstein (bequeathed by the above).
Galerie Altnöder, Salzburg.
Galerie Corso, Vienna.
Private collection, US (acquired from the above in 1992); their sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2004, lot 404.
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale).
Exhibited
Salzburg, Galerie Altnöder, Alfred Kubin (10.4.1877 - 20.8.1959), Zur Wiederkehr des 30. Todestages, 1989.
Innsbruck, Galerie Bloch, Perle und Tarockanien, Alfred Kubin und Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, 28 February – 27 March 1980.
Alfred Kubin was a founding member of the Spiritualist art movement Der Blaue Reiter and a foremost Symbolist artist. Inspired by the nihilist philosophy of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, Kubin's work drew upon the dark interior realms of his subconscious and the anxiety of the human condition. His works from 1898 – 1903, from which Der Mann im Mond issues, are the most powerful renderings of his engagement with these psychoanalytical and philosophical ideas and are considered the most important of his entire oeuvre.
Depicting a solitary man on the moon standing on an outcrop and silhouetted against the sky, the present work acts as a Symbolist re-imagining of Caspar David Friedrich's Romantic 19th century masterpiece, Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer. While Friedrich's protagonist displays a sense of awe and command of the landscape, Kubin's lonely figure appears to be engulfed by his wild, other-worldly surroundings. The work depicts a familiar subject of Kubin's – 'the eternal wanderer', and encapsulates the alienation of modern man as described by Nietzsche.
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Der Mann im Mond
Der Mann im Mond
signed 'Kubin' (lower right)
brush, pen, ink and wash with Spritztechnik on paper
27.3 x 22cm (10 3/4 x 8 11/16in).
Executed in 1903 - 1904
Dr. Annegret Hoberg has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Dr. Peter Assmann.
Provenance
Alois Samhaber Collection, Wernstein (gifted by the artist).
Rosa Samhaber Collection, Wernstein (bequeathed by the above).
Galerie Altnöder, Salzburg.
Galerie Corso, Vienna.
Private collection, US (acquired from the above in 1992); their sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2004, lot 404.
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale).
Exhibited
Salzburg, Galerie Altnöder, Alfred Kubin (10.4.1877 - 20.8.1959), Zur Wiederkehr des 30. Todestages, 1989.
Innsbruck, Galerie Bloch, Perle und Tarockanien, Alfred Kubin und Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, 28 February – 27 March 1980.
Alfred Kubin was a founding member of the Spiritualist art movement Der Blaue Reiter and a foremost Symbolist artist. Inspired by the nihilist philosophy of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, Kubin's work drew upon the dark interior realms of his subconscious and the anxiety of the human condition. His works from 1898 – 1903, from which Der Mann im Mond issues, are the most powerful renderings of his engagement with these psychoanalytical and philosophical ideas and are considered the most important of his entire oeuvre.
Depicting a solitary man on the moon standing on an outcrop and silhouetted against the sky, the present work acts as a Symbolist re-imagining of Caspar David Friedrich's Romantic 19th century masterpiece, Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer. While Friedrich's protagonist displays a sense of awe and command of the landscape, Kubin's lonely figure appears to be engulfed by his wild, other-worldly surroundings. The work depicts a familiar subject of Kubin's – 'the eternal wanderer', and encapsulates the alienation of modern man as described by Nietzsche.
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