Lot 147
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Louis Soutter
Effluves - Il exige un porto, 1936.
Pen and India ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Louis Soutter
1871 - 1942
Effluves - Il exige un porto. 1936.
Pen and India ink drawing.
Dated in the lower right corner and titled at the top of the image. Illegible inscription in the upper left corner. On off-white mould-made paper. 44 x 58 cm (17.3 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [JS].
• Seduction, lust, passion, and despair: an intoxicating graphic psychogram.
• Radically reduced aesthetics with maximum expressiveness.
• Forgotten and misunderstood, Soutter's work, created in the solitude of the Ballaigues asylum, is a celebrated rediscovery today.
• Part of one of the artist's first solo exhibitions at the Lenbachhaus, Munich, in 1985.
• Excellent provenance: from the collection of Le Corbusier, Soutter's second cousin and most important patron.
• Part of an acclaimed Berlin private collection for more than 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris (inv. no. 423).
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (with a label on the back of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1989).
EXHIBITION: Louis Soutter (1871–1942), Zeichnungen, Bücher, Fingermalereien, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, April 17–July 9, 1985 (with the label on the back of the frame).
Louis Soutter. L'art commence où finit la vie, Musée Cantini, Marseille, July 11–September 18, 1987 (with the label on the back of the frame).
LITERATURE: Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter, Lausanne 1974/1976, CR no. 2383.
Le Corbusier, quoted from: Michel Thévoz, L. Soutter, 1970, p. 118.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.02 h +/- 20 min.
1871 - 1942
Effluves - Il exige un porto. 1936.
Pen and India ink drawing.
Dated in the lower right corner and titled at the top of the image. Illegible inscription in the upper left corner. On off-white mould-made paper. 44 x 58 cm (17.3 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [JS].
• Seduction, lust, passion, and despair: an intoxicating graphic psychogram.
• Radically reduced aesthetics with maximum expressiveness.
• Forgotten and misunderstood, Soutter's work, created in the solitude of the Ballaigues asylum, is a celebrated rediscovery today.
• Part of one of the artist's first solo exhibitions at the Lenbachhaus, Munich, in 1985.
• Excellent provenance: from the collection of Le Corbusier, Soutter's second cousin and most important patron.
• Part of an acclaimed Berlin private collection for more than 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris (inv. no. 423).
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (with a label on the back of the frame).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1989).
EXHIBITION: Louis Soutter (1871–1942), Zeichnungen, Bücher, Fingermalereien, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, April 17–July 9, 1985 (with the label on the back of the frame).
Louis Soutter. L'art commence où finit la vie, Musée Cantini, Marseille, July 11–September 18, 1987 (with the label on the back of the frame).
LITERATURE: Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter, Lausanne 1974/1976, CR no. 2383.
Le Corbusier, quoted from: Michel Thévoz, L. Soutter, 1970, p. 118.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.02 h +/- 20 min.
147
Louis Soutter
Effluves - Il exige un porto, 1936.
Pen and India ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Buyer's premium and taxation for Louis Soutter "Effluves - Il exige un porto"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
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