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Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Artistenpaar, 1945.
Oil on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,340 - 27,120
Artistenpaar. 1945.
Oil on cardboard.
Signed and dated in the upper left. 28 x 18 cm (11 x 7 in). [CH].
• From the important series of the “Hekate Pictures,” which mark the transition from figuration to abstraction in E. W. Nay's oeuvre.
• A version created shortly thereafter is now in the Hegenbarth Collection, Berlin (1946, cat. rais. no. 362).
• Nay translates the physiognomy of the human body into almost geometric forms in a sophisticated and imaginative way.
• Works from this creative period are part of notable museum collections, including the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
The work will be included as an addendum in the catalogue raisonné of oil paintings under number 342.1. We are grateful to Aurel Scheibler and Dr. Brigitte Schlüter, Ernst Wilhelm Nay Foundation, Cologne, for their kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Mutter Collection, Bad Säckingen.
Private collection, South Germany (inherited from the above).
In family ownership ever since.
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 14.00 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on cardboard.
Signed and dated in the upper left. 28 x 18 cm (11 x 7 in). [CH].
• From the important series of the “Hekate Pictures,” which mark the transition from figuration to abstraction in E. W. Nay's oeuvre.
• A version created shortly thereafter is now in the Hegenbarth Collection, Berlin (1946, cat. rais. no. 362).
• Nay translates the physiognomy of the human body into almost geometric forms in a sophisticated and imaginative way.
• Works from this creative period are part of notable museum collections, including the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
The work will be included as an addendum in the catalogue raisonné of oil paintings under number 342.1. We are grateful to Aurel Scheibler and Dr. Brigitte Schlüter, Ernst Wilhelm Nay Foundation, Cologne, for their kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Mutter Collection, Bad Säckingen.
Private collection, South Germany (inherited from the above).
In family ownership ever since.
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 14.00 h +/- 20 min.
100
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Artistenpaar, 1945.
Oil on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,340 - 27,120
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Ernst Wilhelm Nay "Artistenpaar"
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 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 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 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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