Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 488


488
Lyonel Feininger
Straßenszene, 1952.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000

 
$ 21,400 - 32,100

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Straßenszene. 1952.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing.
Lower left signed and dated. On laid paper. 31.5 x 48.6 cm (12.4 x 19.1 in), the full sheet.
[SM].
• After his return to America, Feininger revisited cityscapes as a theme.
• The use of a disintegrated line and a muted palette is characteristic of his later works.
• Feininger is a master of giving lightness and movement to straight, linear forms
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Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under the number 1580-02-26-19.

PROVENANCE: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
ACA Galleries, New York.
Southwestern Bell Houston, Texas.
Parrish & Reinisch, Inc, New York.
Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art, New York.
Private Collection Germany.

EXHIBITION: Lyonel Feininger. Zurück in Amerika. 1937-1956, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), May 16 - August 30, 2009, cat. no. 71, pp. 195 and 224.
Die Blaue Vier. Lyonel Feininger, Alexej Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Galerie Thomas, Munich, May 9 - July 19, 2014.

Called up: June 8, 2024 - ca. 18.58 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Lyonel Feininger "Straßenszene"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.

Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.

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.