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Hagstotz Collection - continued

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Magda Hagstotz was quite naturally under the influence of her times and especially of the Bauhaus school of thought that held that every artist ought to possess craft know-how. Burgeoning socialist ideas, political turmoil and, finally, totalitarian ideas implied that the exercise of art were to be balanced with pragmatic considerations. Hence, before, during and after the war, and even well beyond, Hagstotz exercised professionally as industrial designer of textiles and leather wear. As she had her formative years interrupted by war, one might think of her as part of the Verschollene Generation (the lost generation); however this is only true in regard of the relative little renown that she enjoys today. Indeed, Magda Hagstotz’s period as a mature artist only begins in the fifties.

Magda Hagstotz share her generation with Hartung, Soulages, Motherwell, Pollock, de Kooning etc and it becomes quite natural to place her work in the currents of the post-war Abstrakten Expressionismus, taking the form of Action Painting and Color Field in the United States and Tachismus and Informel in Germany. When comparing her work with the previous German generation, with Ida Kerkovius, Willi Baumeister or Max Ackerman, perpetrating in their own personal fashion the style of their eminent teacher Adolf Hölzel, it’s evident that Hagstotz carries on a legacy determined by her cultural background.

However, her work is uniquely personal and closer
in spirit to the evolved abstraction of her contemporary countrymen Karl Otto Götz, Fritz Winter and Emil Schumacher. The versatility in expression, the dynamic tension in all her compositions
and the ever present metaphysical content that somehow prevents her paintings to become fully abstract, make her stand out in her own right as a completely original artist.

The Bruges Collection is a rare opportunity to acquire a major statement of the European postwar expressionist movement; and this by one of its finest and most versatile representatives.

The Magda Hagstotz collection continued :

Reference 298u Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 21

Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 21(26), 'Dissonanz', watercolor, signed, estate #

Dissonanz

Watercolor on medium-thickness paper, loosely set in a glazed frame with protective board backing. The hanging assures slight detachment from the wall. Size is 11.3 x 14.2”.

An implosion of color and light with sharply contrasting hues.

Excellent condition for its age.

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Reference 298v Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 22

Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 22 (26), 'Ritus', pencil, unsigned, studio stamp and estate #

Ritus

Graphite pencil imprint of sculpted pinewood planks, monotype imprint; hanging assuring slight wall detachment. Overall size is 22.8 x 29.1"

The natural growth rings of the wood accentuate the transcending rhythm of the image.

Excellent condition for its age.

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Reference 298x Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 23
Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 23 (26), 'Florae 1', watercolor, unsigned, studio stamp & estate #

Florae 1

Watercolor on paper, loosely set in a glazed frame with protective board backing. The hanging assures slight detachment from the wall. Size is 15.7 x 27.2”.

A slight Far-Eastern connotation in this well balanced floral composition, first in the terminating floral series.

Excellent condition for its age.

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Reference 298y Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 24

Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 24 (26), 'Florae 2', watercolor, signed, studio stamp & estate #

Florae 2

Watercolor on paper, loosely set in a glazed frame with protective board backing. The hanging assures slight detachment from the wall. Size is 21.2 x 22.0”.

Sublime abstract floral. The second in the collection's concluding floral series.

Excellent condition for its age.

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Reference 298z Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 25

Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 25 (26), 'Florae 3', watercolor, signed and dated '66, estate #

Florae 3

Watercolor on paper, loosely set in a glazed frame with protective board backing. The hanging assures slight detachment from the wall. Size is 22.4 x 30.3”.

Flowers as embers in the night. Amazing and colorful realization. Penultimate floral.

Excellent condition for its age.

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Reference 298za Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 26

Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 26 (26), 'Florae 4', watercolor, signed and dated '65, estate #

Florae 4

Watercolor on paper, loosely set in a glazed frame with protective board backing. The hanging assures slight detachment from the wall. Size is 28.3 x 41.3”.

A monumental watercolor with a resplendent profusion of floral growth. Final floral and ultimate painting in the Bruges Collection.

Excellent condition for its age.

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Reference 298zb Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection n° 26bis
Magda Hagstotz - The Bruges Collection no. 26bis (26), 'Selbstporträt', pencil + rolled ink, signed and dated '72

Selbstporträt mit gewalzte Tusche

Sketched self-portrait in pencil on paper, framed together with a small unsigned work in rolled ink. Size is 14.6 x 16.1”.

The collection ends with a simple but flattering hors-série pencil self-portrait of Magda Hagstotz from 1972. Within the same frame a tiny original abstract work.

Excellent condition for its age.

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