Lot 417 
417
Max Beckmann
Gruppenbildnis Edenbar, 1923.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 31,500 - 42,000
Gruppenbildnis Edenbar. 1923.
Woodcut.
Hofmaier 277 B (of B). Signed. From an edition of 40 copies, some unnumbered. On firm Japan imitation paper. 49.5 x 49.6 cm (19.4 x 19.5 in). Sheet: 68,5 x 55,6 cm (27 x 21,8 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin, and published by I. B. Neumann, Berlin. [CH].
• This large-format woodcut is one of the artist's most important graphic works from the 1920s.
• The Beckmann collector Johanna Loeb and the Argentinian singer Elsita Lutz, a friend of Beckmann's, are depicted in the foreground.
• Further copies of the woodcut can be found in the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (OH).
PROVENANCE: Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2012).
EXHIBITION: Schwarz auf Weiß. Druck-Graphik im Wandel der Zeit von Rembrandt bis Dieter Roth, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte / Kestner Pro Arte, Hanover, September 28, 2013 - January 5, 2014, cat. p. 37 (illu.).
Blaues Land und Großstadtlärm - Ein expressionistischer Spaziergang durch Kunst und Literatur, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, April 30 - October 3, 2017, cat. p. 152 (no illu.).
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 17.54 h +/- 20 min.
Woodcut.
Hofmaier 277 B (of B). Signed. From an edition of 40 copies, some unnumbered. On firm Japan imitation paper. 49.5 x 49.6 cm (19.4 x 19.5 in). Sheet: 68,5 x 55,6 cm (27 x 21,8 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin, and published by I. B. Neumann, Berlin. [CH].
• This large-format woodcut is one of the artist's most important graphic works from the 1920s.
• The Beckmann collector Johanna Loeb and the Argentinian singer Elsita Lutz, a friend of Beckmann's, are depicted in the foreground.
• Further copies of the woodcut can be found in the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (OH).
PROVENANCE: Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2012).
EXHIBITION: Schwarz auf Weiß. Druck-Graphik im Wandel der Zeit von Rembrandt bis Dieter Roth, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte / Kestner Pro Arte, Hanover, September 28, 2013 - January 5, 2014, cat. p. 37 (illu.).
Blaues Land und Großstadtlärm - Ein expressionistischer Spaziergang durch Kunst und Literatur, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, April 30 - October 3, 2017, cat. p. 152 (no illu.).
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 17.54 h +/- 20 min.
Like many other bars at that time, the bar at Berlin's Hotel Eden was a meeting place for the Berlin bourgeoisie, who sought to drown the trauma of the lost war in a hedonistic ecstasy. Beckmann sketched the senselessness of these evenings very pointedly in the depiction of these three people. Although they sit close to one another, they don’t look at each other. Each one of them just gazes into an imaginary distance. In this work, Beckmann addresses the uncanny feeling of existential isolation in the midst of a crowd enjoying itself with great sensitivity. The back view of Johanna Loeb closes the composition in the front. Johanna Loeb was friends with Elsita Lutz, a singer from Argentina, who sits next to her. The sitter in the background, probably Elsita Lutz's husband, had business connections with Johanna Loeb's husband.
Beckmann's large-format woodcut is one of the most important he created in the 1920s. In letters to Reinhard Piper and Julius Meier-Graefe, Beckmann expressed his enthusiasm for Fritz Voigt, the famous Berlin printer who also printed the edition of this large-format woodcut. [EH]
Beckmann's large-format woodcut is one of the most important he created in the 1920s. In letters to Reinhard Piper and Julius Meier-Graefe, Beckmann expressed his enthusiasm for Fritz Voigt, the famous Berlin printer who also printed the edition of this large-format woodcut. [EH]
417
Max Beckmann
Gruppenbildnis Edenbar, 1923.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 31,500 - 42,000
Buyer's premium and taxation for Max Beckmann "Gruppenbildnis Edenbar"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
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.
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.