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Anita Rée
Knabe mit Kaninchen, Um 1915.
Watercolor and gouache over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
100
Anita Rée
Knabe mit Kaninchen, Um 1915.
Watercolor and gouache over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Anita Rée
1885 - 1933
Knabe mit Kaninchen. Um 1915.
Watercolor and gouache over pencil.
twice signed in the lower left. Inscribed "Junge mit Kaninchen [..] Wolfgang" (barely legible) by hand on the reverse. On mould-made paper (with a watermark). 61 x 47 cm (24 x 18.5 in), the full sheet.
• Serene intimacy: Watercolor and gouache combine delicate coloration with confident, lively lines
• From her heyday around 1915—her most productive creative period in Hamburg prior to her trip to Paris
• Exhibition history dating back to 1926—on the auction market for the first time in decades.
We are grateful to Dr. Maike Bruhns and Ms. Dorothea Hauser of the Warburg Archive in Hamburg for their kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Carl Melchior, Hamburg (1920–1933).
Collection of Marie Melchior de Molènes, Paris (inherited from the above)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2012, Galerie Herold, Kampen).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Exhibition Hamburger Künstler, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Kiel, August 1926.
LITERATURE: Maike Bruhns (author), Kunsthalle Hamburg (publisher), Anita Rée. Das Werk, Munich et al. 2018, CR no. A 14 (with color illustrations).
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Auktionshaus Germann, Zürich, 1981, lot 528.
Stahl Auction House, Hamburg, May 20, 1995, lot 116.
Galerie Herold, Hamburg/Kampen a. Sylt.
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS (selection)
Warburg Foundation Archive, Hamburg, Estate of Dr. Carl Melchior.
Warburg Foundation Archive, Hamburg, G-10115.
StAHH, 113-6, 135.
StAHH, 314-15, F 2350b, Volume 1.
StAHH, 314-15, F 1685.
StAHH, 314-15, R 1939/2001.
StAHH, 213-13, 14780.
StAHH, 351-11, 54739.
Hamburger Kunst Archive, Bruhns Archive.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.00 h +/- 20 min.
1885 - 1933
Knabe mit Kaninchen. Um 1915.
Watercolor and gouache over pencil.
twice signed in the lower left. Inscribed "Junge mit Kaninchen [..] Wolfgang" (barely legible) by hand on the reverse. On mould-made paper (with a watermark). 61 x 47 cm (24 x 18.5 in), the full sheet.
• Serene intimacy: Watercolor and gouache combine delicate coloration with confident, lively lines
• From her heyday around 1915—her most productive creative period in Hamburg prior to her trip to Paris
• Exhibition history dating back to 1926—on the auction market for the first time in decades.
We are grateful to Dr. Maike Bruhns and Ms. Dorothea Hauser of the Warburg Archive in Hamburg for their kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Carl Melchior, Hamburg (1920–1933).
Collection of Marie Melchior de Molènes, Paris (inherited from the above)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2012, Galerie Herold, Kampen).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Exhibition Hamburger Künstler, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Kiel, August 1926.
LITERATURE: Maike Bruhns (author), Kunsthalle Hamburg (publisher), Anita Rée. Das Werk, Munich et al. 2018, CR no. A 14 (with color illustrations).
- -
Auktionshaus Germann, Zürich, 1981, lot 528.
Stahl Auction House, Hamburg, May 20, 1995, lot 116.
Galerie Herold, Hamburg/Kampen a. Sylt.
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS (selection)
Warburg Foundation Archive, Hamburg, Estate of Dr. Carl Melchior.
Warburg Foundation Archive, Hamburg, G-10115.
StAHH, 113-6, 135.
StAHH, 314-15, F 2350b, Volume 1.
StAHH, 314-15, F 1685.
StAHH, 314-15, R 1939/2001.
StAHH, 213-13, 14780.
StAHH, 351-11, 54739.
Hamburger Kunst Archive, Bruhns Archive.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.00 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium and taxation for Anita Rée "Knabe mit Kaninchen"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
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.
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.
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