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Conrad Felixmüller
Kohlenbergarbeiter, 1920.
Lithograph in colors
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Conrad Felixmüller
1897 - 1977
Kohlenbergarbeiter. 1920.
Lithograph in colors.
Signed, dated, titled, numbered, and inscribed “Lithography color proof.” Monogrammed in the plate. One of ten copies. On smooth wove paper. 56.5 x 39 cm (22.2 x 15.3 in). Sheet: 58,7 x 43 cm (23,1 x 16,9 in).
[CH].
• Felixmüller is one of the most important representatives of the second generation of German expressionists.
• The early 1920s are considered the most outstanding and mature creative phase of the socio-critical expressionists.
• In the year of its creation, Felixmüller was awarded the so-called “Rome Prize,” however, he decided not to travel to Rome with the scholarship, and went to the Rhenish lignite mining area instead.
• A highlight of his work: in the Ruhr region, he created drawings, paintings, and approximately twelve haunting graphic works, including very sensitive portraits and social studies such as “Kohlenbergarbeiter” (Coal Miner).
• Copies of this print have fetched the highest prices among the artist’s graphic works over the past 30 years (source: artprice.com).
• In the past ten years, only one other copy of this color lithograph has been offered on the international auction market (different color scheme, source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin.
EXHIBITION: Licht und Schatten der Zwanziger Jahre. 205 works by German artists from 1914 to 1933, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, August 22–November 29, 1977, cat. no. 17 (with black-and-white illustration).
LITERATURE: Gerhard. Söhn, Conrad Felixmüller. Das graphische Werk 1912-1974, Düsseldorf 1975, CR no. 211.
“Rome called, but he went to the Ruhr region: In his pictures, the young Conrad Felixmüller gave the anonymous workers a face and thus also dignity. ”
Angelika Storm-Rusche, in: General-Anzeiger, Bonn, July 15, 2001, on the occasion of the exhibition “Conrad Felixmüller. Strudelnd im Strom der Zeit at the August Macke House, Bonn.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.13 h +/- 20 min.
1897 - 1977
Kohlenbergarbeiter. 1920.
Lithograph in colors.
Signed, dated, titled, numbered, and inscribed “Lithography color proof.” Monogrammed in the plate. One of ten copies. On smooth wove paper. 56.5 x 39 cm (22.2 x 15.3 in). Sheet: 58,7 x 43 cm (23,1 x 16,9 in).
[CH].
• Felixmüller is one of the most important representatives of the second generation of German expressionists.
• The early 1920s are considered the most outstanding and mature creative phase of the socio-critical expressionists.
• In the year of its creation, Felixmüller was awarded the so-called “Rome Prize,” however, he decided not to travel to Rome with the scholarship, and went to the Rhenish lignite mining area instead.
• A highlight of his work: in the Ruhr region, he created drawings, paintings, and approximately twelve haunting graphic works, including very sensitive portraits and social studies such as “Kohlenbergarbeiter” (Coal Miner).
• Copies of this print have fetched the highest prices among the artist’s graphic works over the past 30 years (source: artprice.com).
• In the past ten years, only one other copy of this color lithograph has been offered on the international auction market (different color scheme, source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin.
EXHIBITION: Licht und Schatten der Zwanziger Jahre. 205 works by German artists from 1914 to 1933, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, August 22–November 29, 1977, cat. no. 17 (with black-and-white illustration).
LITERATURE: Gerhard. Söhn, Conrad Felixmüller. Das graphische Werk 1912-1974, Düsseldorf 1975, CR no. 211.
“Rome called, but he went to the Ruhr region: In his pictures, the young Conrad Felixmüller gave the anonymous workers a face and thus also dignity. ”
Angelika Storm-Rusche, in: General-Anzeiger, Bonn, July 15, 2001, on the occasion of the exhibition “Conrad Felixmüller. Strudelnd im Strom der Zeit at the August Macke House, Bonn.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.13 h +/- 20 min.
200
Conrad Felixmüller
Kohlenbergarbeiter, 1920.
Lithograph in colors
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Conrad Felixmüller "Kohlenbergarbeiter"
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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