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Hermann Max Pechstein
Rettungshaus in den Dünen, 1920.
Oil on canvas on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000

 
$ 46,400 - 69,600

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Hermann Max Pechstein
1881 - 1955

Rettungshaus in den Dünen. 1920.
Oil on canvas on cardboard.
Signed in the lower left. 47.7 x 38.5 cm (18.7 x 15.1 in).

With a stamp of the art supplies store Leopold Hess, Berlin. [AW].

• A radiant Nida landscape, with harmonious colors and dynamic, lively brushstrokes.
• Between 1919 and 1921, Pechstein spent the summer months in the small fishing village on the Curonian Spit, drawing inspiration for a series of landscape paintings.
• Pechstein uses the red rescue station as an effective contrast to the gentle dune landscape
.

Accompanied by a certificate from Prof. Dr. Aya Soika, Berlin, dated September 20, 2021 (copy). The painting is registered in the archive of the Max Pechstein Copyright Association, Hamburg, under the number 1920/6 B.

PROVENANCE: Private collection (until 1964: Leo Spik, Bad Kissingen)
Galerie Erich Beckmann, Hanover (with the handwritten gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection, Canada (probably acquired from the above in 1963).
Collection of Dr. Thomas Chua, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (acquired from the above in 2002).
Private collection, southern Germany (acquired from the above).

LITERATURE: Leo Spik Auktionen, Berlin, 449t auction, September 26/27, 1963, lot 103.

Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.40 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hermann Max Pechstein "Rettungshaus in den Dünen"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.

Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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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