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Walter Dexel
Quadrate 25, 1925.
Gouache and collage
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 15,000
$ 13,920 - 17,400
Walter Dexel
1890 - 1973
Quadrate 25. 1925.
Gouache and collage.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Once more signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. On cardboard. 34 x 33 cm (13.3 x 12.9 in). Sheet: 57,5 x 49,5 cm (22,6 x 19,4 in).
[KA].
• Innovative, dynamic square composition in a purist style.
• Dexel's consistent, high-contrast compositions earned him a prominent position among the Constructivists at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Walter Dexel is considered a pioneer of reductive concrete Modernism in Germany.
• Other works by the artist are in renowned museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for almost 50 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Ruth Wöbkemeier for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1978: Hauswedell & Nolte).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche Avantgarde 1915-1935, Galerie Gmurzynska-Bargera, Cologne, Sep. 22, 1971-January 1972, cat. no. 61 (illustrated in black and white).
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 227th auction, Modern Art, June 1-3, 1978, lot 277.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.42 h +/- 20 min.
1890 - 1973
Quadrate 25. 1925.
Gouache and collage.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Once more signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. On cardboard. 34 x 33 cm (13.3 x 12.9 in). Sheet: 57,5 x 49,5 cm (22,6 x 19,4 in).
[KA].
• Innovative, dynamic square composition in a purist style.
• Dexel's consistent, high-contrast compositions earned him a prominent position among the Constructivists at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Walter Dexel is considered a pioneer of reductive concrete Modernism in Germany.
• Other works by the artist are in renowned museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for almost 50 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Ruth Wöbkemeier for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1978: Hauswedell & Nolte).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche Avantgarde 1915-1935, Galerie Gmurzynska-Bargera, Cologne, Sep. 22, 1971-January 1972, cat. no. 61 (illustrated in black and white).
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 227th auction, Modern Art, June 1-3, 1978, lot 277.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.42 h +/- 20 min.
267
Walter Dexel
Quadrate 25, 1925.
Gouache and collage
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 15,000
$ 13,920 - 17,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Walter Dexel "Quadrate 25"
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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