Lot 234 
Raumbeispiel
234
Otto Dix
Grabensoldat, 1915.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,800 - 46,400
Otto Dix
1891 - 1969
Grabensoldat. 1915.
Gouache.
Signed in the lower right. On brownish paper. 29 x 28.5 cm (11.4 x 11.2 in), the full sheet.
Dated 1915 in the Dix file. [MH].
• From the early years of World War I, when Otto Dix's critical view of war was already emerging.
• The depiction is not heroic, but deeply human and harrowing.
• The drawing marks an important transition in Dix's work from his expressive early work to the documentary sharpness of New Objectivity.
• “Trench Soldier” – a historical document with a timeless message to prevent oblivion.
PROVENANCE: Graf von der Goltz Collection, Düsseldorf.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich (acquired from the above in 1968).
Galerie Kunstkabinett Klihm, Munich (acquired from the above).
Private collection.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 2013).
EXHIBITION: Otto Dix. Handzeichnungen 1912-1962, Deutsche Akademie der Künste, Berlin-Ost, 1963.
Otto Dix. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Radierungen, Lithographien, Galerie Baukunst, Cologne, 1966, cat. no. 43.
LITERATURE: Suse Pfäffle, Otto Dix. Catalogue raisonné of watercolors and gouaches, Stuttgart 1991, CR no. G 1915/9 (illustrated).
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Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 1st auction, Modern Art, May 17/18, 1968, lot 216 (illustrated).
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 173rd auction, Modern Art, June 4/5, 1970, lot 244 (illustrated).
Karl & Faber, Munich, 127th auction, Old and New Masters, May 26/27, 1971, lot 608 (illustrated).
Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 18th auction, Old and New Art, November 2–6, 1971, lot 1192 (illustrated).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.58 h +/- 20 min.
1891 - 1969
Grabensoldat. 1915.
Gouache.
Signed in the lower right. On brownish paper. 29 x 28.5 cm (11.4 x 11.2 in), the full sheet.
Dated 1915 in the Dix file. [MH].
• From the early years of World War I, when Otto Dix's critical view of war was already emerging.
• The depiction is not heroic, but deeply human and harrowing.
• The drawing marks an important transition in Dix's work from his expressive early work to the documentary sharpness of New Objectivity.
• “Trench Soldier” – a historical document with a timeless message to prevent oblivion.
PROVENANCE: Graf von der Goltz Collection, Düsseldorf.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich (acquired from the above in 1968).
Galerie Kunstkabinett Klihm, Munich (acquired from the above).
Private collection.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 2013).
EXHIBITION: Otto Dix. Handzeichnungen 1912-1962, Deutsche Akademie der Künste, Berlin-Ost, 1963.
Otto Dix. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Radierungen, Lithographien, Galerie Baukunst, Cologne, 1966, cat. no. 43.
LITERATURE: Suse Pfäffle, Otto Dix. Catalogue raisonné of watercolors and gouaches, Stuttgart 1991, CR no. G 1915/9 (illustrated).
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Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 1st auction, Modern Art, May 17/18, 1968, lot 216 (illustrated).
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 173rd auction, Modern Art, June 4/5, 1970, lot 244 (illustrated).
Karl & Faber, Munich, 127th auction, Old and New Masters, May 26/27, 1971, lot 608 (illustrated).
Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 18th auction, Old and New Art, November 2–6, 1971, lot 1192 (illustrated).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.58 h +/- 20 min.
234
Otto Dix
Grabensoldat, 1915.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,800 - 46,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Otto Dix "Grabensoldat"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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