Lot 212
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George Grosz
Caféhaus II, 1915.
Pen and India ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,900 - 45,200
Caféhaus II. 1915.
Pen and India ink drawing.
Signed and numbered "II." in the lower right, titled "Caféhaus" in the lower left. On wove paper (with the watermark). 32.8 x 21 cm (12.9 x 8.2 in), size of sheet.
[MH].
• The artist captured the hustle and bustle of Berlin in his characteristic concise style.
• Grosz may be referring to the closure of the legendary 'Café des Westens' on Ku'damm in 1915.
- From the important Berlin period shortly before his artistic breakthrough.
• Works by the artist can be found at, among others, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Tate Modern, London.
Accompanied by a confirmation of authenticity isued by Ralph Jentsch on October 10, 2017. The work will be included in Ralph Jentsch's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Peter Grosz Collection, Princeton, New Jersey.
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (1980).
Private collection, Hamburg (1980).
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (with the label on the reverse of the frame).
Klaus J. Jacobs Collection, Zurich (1986, with the label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Great Britain (acquired in 2017, Lempertz, Cologne).
EXHIBITION: George Grosz: Berlin - New York, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin / Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf / Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, December-December 1994/95 (with the label on the reverse).
LITERATURE: Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, June 20, 1979, lot 494 (illustrated).
Auction house Lempertz, Cologne, auction 1099, December 1, 2017, lot 314 (illustrated).
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.29 h +/- 20 min.
Pen and India ink drawing.
Signed and numbered "II." in the lower right, titled "Caféhaus" in the lower left. On wove paper (with the watermark). 32.8 x 21 cm (12.9 x 8.2 in), size of sheet.
[MH].
• The artist captured the hustle and bustle of Berlin in his characteristic concise style.
• Grosz may be referring to the closure of the legendary 'Café des Westens' on Ku'damm in 1915.
- From the important Berlin period shortly before his artistic breakthrough.
• Works by the artist can be found at, among others, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Tate Modern, London.
Accompanied by a confirmation of authenticity isued by Ralph Jentsch on October 10, 2017. The work will be included in Ralph Jentsch's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Peter Grosz Collection, Princeton, New Jersey.
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (1980).
Private collection, Hamburg (1980).
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (with the label on the reverse of the frame).
Klaus J. Jacobs Collection, Zurich (1986, with the label on the reverse of the frame).
Private collection, Great Britain (acquired in 2017, Lempertz, Cologne).
EXHIBITION: George Grosz: Berlin - New York, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin / Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf / Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, December-December 1994/95 (with the label on the reverse).
LITERATURE: Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, June 20, 1979, lot 494 (illustrated).
Auction house Lempertz, Cologne, auction 1099, December 1, 2017, lot 314 (illustrated).
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.29 h +/- 20 min.
212
George Grosz
Caféhaus II, 1915.
Pen and India ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,900 - 45,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for George Grosz "Caféhaus II"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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.
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.
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.
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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