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Rudolf Belling
Bildnis Alfred Flechtheim, 1927.
Bronze with brown patina
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Rudolf Belling
1886 - 1972
Bildnis Alfred Flechtheim. 1927.
Bronze with brown patina.
With the date and the signature on the side of the plinth. One of to date 25 known copies. 18 x 12.5 x 11.7 cm (7 x 4.9 x 4.6 in). [AW].
• Masterfully exaggerated, yet reduced sculpture of the Berlin art dealer Alfred Flechtheim.
• Cubist-expressive sculpture in which Rudolf Belling impressively combines space and form.
• During National Socialism, his art was defamed as “degenerate,” forcing him to emigrate to Turkey.
• Other copies of this bronze are in, among others, the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the artist in the 1960s).
LITERATURE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer (publisher), Helga D. Hofmann (ed.), Rudolf Belling. Werkverzeichnis. Das plastische Werk, Munich 1967, CR no. 48 (illustrated in black and white on p. 49, different copy).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 13.57 h +/- 20 min.
1886 - 1972
Bildnis Alfred Flechtheim. 1927.
Bronze with brown patina.
With the date and the signature on the side of the plinth. One of to date 25 known copies. 18 x 12.5 x 11.7 cm (7 x 4.9 x 4.6 in). [AW].
• Masterfully exaggerated, yet reduced sculpture of the Berlin art dealer Alfred Flechtheim.
• Cubist-expressive sculpture in which Rudolf Belling impressively combines space and form.
• During National Socialism, his art was defamed as “degenerate,” forcing him to emigrate to Turkey.
• Other copies of this bronze are in, among others, the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the artist in the 1960s).
LITERATURE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer (publisher), Helga D. Hofmann (ed.), Rudolf Belling. Werkverzeichnis. Das plastische Werk, Munich 1967, CR no. 48 (illustrated in black and white on p. 49, different copy).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 13.57 h +/- 20 min.
143
Rudolf Belling
Bildnis Alfred Flechtheim, 1927.
Bronze with brown patina
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Rudolf Belling "Bildnis Alfred Flechtheim"
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.
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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