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Emil Schumacher
Kalil, 1989.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,900 - 105,300
131
Emil Schumacher
Kalil, 1989.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,900 - 105,300
Emil Schumacher
1912 - 1999
Kalil. 1989.
Oil on panel.
With a label on the reverse of the stretcher inscribed with details of the work in typography. 77.5 x 88.5 cm (30.5 x 34.8 in).
In the original frame. [AW].
• In Emil Schumacher’s work, form and color become a sensory experience.
• A pronounced dialectic between graphic dynamism and a monochromatic color field in luminous blue.
• The artistic endeavor of this important representative of the Informel movement—to shape color as matter—becomes virtually tangible through the relief-like surface.
• In family ownership since its creation, now offered on the international auction market for the first time.
The work is registered in the archive of the Emil Schumacher Foundation, Hagen, established by Dr. Ulrich Schumacher, under the inventory number “0/357". We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, director of the Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (gifted by the artist in 1989, in the family’s possession ever since).
“For Schumacher, blue was a ‘miracle color’; he saw it as multifaceted, evoking vastness, distance, infinity, the sky, and the sea.”
Quoted from Ernst-Gerhard Güse, Das Erlebnis des Unbekannten (The Experience of the Unknown), Ostfildern 2012, p. 108
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.41 h +/- 20 min.
1912 - 1999
Kalil. 1989.
Oil on panel.
With a label on the reverse of the stretcher inscribed with details of the work in typography. 77.5 x 88.5 cm (30.5 x 34.8 in).
In the original frame. [AW].
• In Emil Schumacher’s work, form and color become a sensory experience.
• A pronounced dialectic between graphic dynamism and a monochromatic color field in luminous blue.
• The artistic endeavor of this important representative of the Informel movement—to shape color as matter—becomes virtually tangible through the relief-like surface.
• In family ownership since its creation, now offered on the international auction market for the first time.
The work is registered in the archive of the Emil Schumacher Foundation, Hagen, established by Dr. Ulrich Schumacher, under the inventory number “0/357". We are grateful to Mr. Rouven Lotz, director of the Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (gifted by the artist in 1989, in the family’s possession ever since).
“For Schumacher, blue was a ‘miracle color’; he saw it as multifaceted, evoking vastness, distance, infinity, the sky, and the sea.”
Quoted from Ernst-Gerhard Güse, Das Erlebnis des Unbekannten (The Experience of the Unknown), Ostfildern 2012, p. 108
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.41 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Emil Schumacher "Kalil"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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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