Lot 177 
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Gerd Arntz
Strandbad, 1925.
Colored wooden block
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,200 - 34,800
Gerd Arntz
1900 - 1988
Strandbad. 1925.
Colored wooden block.
Signed, dated and titled on the reerse. 36 x 23.5 cm (14.1 x 9.2 in).
[AR].
• Original, colored printing block of the print of the same name, “Strandbad”.
• Characteristic work from the 1920s with Arntz’s precise, reduced formal language.
• Arntz is considered the inventor of the pictogram and was a member of the “Group of Progressive Artists” in Cologne.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for more than 45 years.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Richmod Casimir-Hagen, Cologne (with a gallery label on reverse).
Galerie Werner Kunze, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1979).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.42 h +/- 20 min.
1900 - 1988
Strandbad. 1925.
Colored wooden block.
Signed, dated and titled on the reerse. 36 x 23.5 cm (14.1 x 9.2 in).
[AR].
• Original, colored printing block of the print of the same name, “Strandbad”.
• Characteristic work from the 1920s with Arntz’s precise, reduced formal language.
• Arntz is considered the inventor of the pictogram and was a member of the “Group of Progressive Artists” in Cologne.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for more than 45 years.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Richmod Casimir-Hagen, Cologne (with a gallery label on reverse).
Galerie Werner Kunze, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1979).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.42 h +/- 20 min.
177
Gerd Arntz
Strandbad, 1925.
Colored wooden block
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,200 - 34,800
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Gerd Arntz "Strandbad"
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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