Mädchen mit Abendstern. Um 1920.
Oil on canvas.
The artist's name burned into the wood on the reverse of the stretcher. 135 x 62 cm (53.1 x 24.4 in).
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• Transcendental experience between earthly and heavenly elements.
• Composition supported by strong color contrasts and two-dimensional forms.
• At the time this work was created, his work is characterized by great abundance and beauty, inventiveness and diversity
• Gottfried Graf was a student of Adolf Hölzel and a friend of Johannes Itten, Oskar Schlemmer and Hermann Stenner.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau.
Hermann-Josef Bunte Collection, Hamburg/Bielefeld.

EXHIBITION: Hermann Stenner und seine Zeit, Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, January 20 - June 9, 2019, cat. no. 62.
Hölle und Paradies. Der deutsche Expressionismus um 1918, Städtisches Museum Engen March 1 - September 13, 2020, Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus, September 27, 2020 - March 14, 2021, cat. No. 48 (illu. in color on p.91).