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FRANZ VON STUCK (GERMAN 1863-1928)
Salome
1920
oil on canvas
90.2 x 66 cm (35 1/2 x 26 in.)
signed and dated Franz von Stuck 1920 lower right
PROVENANCE
Sotheby`s New York, May 24, 1996, Lot 225
Private Collection, New York
LITERATURE
Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck (1863-1928): Werkkatalog der Gemälde mit einer Einführung in seinen Symbolismus, Munich, 1973, Nos. 301/182, 302/183, 303/184, 484/185, pp. 165, 207
LOT NOTES
Salome, stepdaughter of Herod II, is depicted in the Bible as a femme fatale her dance before the King so pleases him that he ultimately agrees to the beheading of John the Baptist. Von Stuck highlights Salome`s seductive and rather sinister qualities; the tilt of her head and positioning of her body emphasize her long, lean figure as well as the wide expanses of naked skin. Her smile similarly reveals her delight at entertaining her audience, the viewer. This representation is related to a variation of the same subject produced by von Stuck in 1906 Salome is shown the same pose, but accompanied by a black woman carrying the head of John the Baptist (see Voss, Franz von Stuck (1863-1928): Werkkatalog der Gemälde mit einer Einführung in seinen Symbolismus, 1973, no. 302/183).
Born in the village of Tettenweis in Bavaria, von Stuck exhibited considerable talent at drawing and caricature from an early age. Encouraged by his father, who wished for him to become a craftsman, von Stuck studied design and architectural drawing at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School for the Applied Arts) in Munich from 1878 to 1881. It was only while attending the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in the early 1880s that he was exposed to the fine arts. While at the Academy he contributed a number of drawings to the Viennese publication Allegorien und Embleme. These pieces not only furthered his reputation as a skilled draughtsman, but also informed his oeuvre, with dark, erotic figures and mythological themes frequently appearing in subsequent works. He would go on to found the Munich Secession and was appointed a royal professorship at the Munich Academy in 1895, where his students over the years included Paul Klee, Hans Purmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Alf Bayrle, and Josef Albers.
oil on canvas
90.2 x 66 cm (35 1/2 x 26 in.)
signed and dated Franz von Stuck 1920 lower right
PROVENANCE
Sotheby`s New York, May 24, 1996, Lot 225
Private Collection, New York
LITERATURE
Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck (1863-1928): Werkkatalog der Gemälde mit einer Einführung in seinen Symbolismus, Munich, 1973, Nos. 301/182, 302/183, 303/184, 484/185, pp. 165, 207
LOT NOTES
Salome, stepdaughter of Herod II, is depicted in the Bible as a femme fatale her dance before the King so pleases him that he ultimately agrees to the beheading of John the Baptist. Von Stuck highlights Salome`s seductive and rather sinister qualities; the tilt of her head and positioning of her body emphasize her long, lean figure as well as the wide expanses of naked skin. Her smile similarly reveals her delight at entertaining her audience, the viewer. This representation is related to a variation of the same subject produced by von Stuck in 1906 Salome is shown the same pose, but accompanied by a black woman carrying the head of John the Baptist (see Voss, Franz von Stuck (1863-1928): Werkkatalog der Gemälde mit einer Einführung in seinen Symbolismus, 1973, no. 302/183).
Born in the village of Tettenweis in Bavaria, von Stuck exhibited considerable talent at drawing and caricature from an early age. Encouraged by his father, who wished for him to become a craftsman, von Stuck studied design and architectural drawing at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School for the Applied Arts) in Munich from 1878 to 1881. It was only while attending the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in the early 1880s that he was exposed to the fine arts. While at the Academy he contributed a number of drawings to the Viennese publication Allegorien und Embleme. These pieces not only furthered his reputation as a skilled draughtsman, but also informed his oeuvre, with dark, erotic figures and mythological themes frequently appearing in subsequent works. He would go on to found the Munich Secession and was appointed a royal professorship at the Munich Academy in 1895, where his students over the years included Paul Klee, Hans Purmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Alf Bayrle, and Josef Albers.
Estimate: $70,000 – $90,000
Result: $173,000 (including premium)
