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Hans Purrmann
Weiblicher Akt auf blauem Sessel, 1918.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
183
Hans Purrmann
Weiblicher Akt auf blauem Sessel, 1918.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Hans Purrmann
1880 - 1966
Weiblicher Akt auf blauem Sessel. 1918.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left. 88 x 73.5 cm (34.6 x 28.9 in).
With a label of Galerie Paul Cassirer on the reverse, numbered “3548” by hand and inscribed “Hans Purrmann / Weibl. Akt auf blauem Sessel”. [AR].
• Sensual yet sensitive: an early nude from his Berlin period.
• A masterful modulation of the female form against the luminous blue of the armchair, incorporating the background colors as subtle details within the otherwise light flesh tones.
• In the year of its creation, Paul Cassirer hosted Purrmann’s first major solo exhibition, and Curt Glaser dedicated his first extensive essay to him in “Kunst und Künstler.”
• Part of the same family collection for more than 50 years.
The work is registered in the Hans Purrmann Archive under number 641.
PROVENANCE: The artist’s studio.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1918).
Julius Kaufmann, Darmstadt (acquired from the above in 1922).
Anneliese und Gottfried Dierdorf, Lörrach.
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Nyare Tysk konst (New German Art), Feb. 18–Mar. 12, 1922, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, no. 189, “Kvinnlig akt”.
Deutsche Kunst Darmstadt, May 20–Oct. 1, 1922, Municipal Exhibition Hall, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, no. 119.
LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde I. 1895–1934. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, CR no. 1918/18 (illustrated in color on p. 218).
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Curt Glaser, Hans Purrmann, in: Kunst und Künstler, XVI, Berlin 1918, pp. 453–464, here pp. 456ff (illustrated).
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett R. N. Ketterer, 37th Auction, Modern Art, Part 1, May 4, 1962, lot 387 (illustrated, plate 249, with a label on the reverse).
Galerie Henze & Ketterer (eds.), Klassische Moderne. Zur Art 32 Basel, catalog 61, Wichtrach/Bern 2001, cat. no. 18 (illustrated in color on p. 21, with a label on the reverse).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.50 h +/- 20 min.
1880 - 1966
Weiblicher Akt auf blauem Sessel. 1918.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left. 88 x 73.5 cm (34.6 x 28.9 in).
With a label of Galerie Paul Cassirer on the reverse, numbered “3548” by hand and inscribed “Hans Purrmann / Weibl. Akt auf blauem Sessel”. [AR].
• Sensual yet sensitive: an early nude from his Berlin period.
• A masterful modulation of the female form against the luminous blue of the armchair, incorporating the background colors as subtle details within the otherwise light flesh tones.
• In the year of its creation, Paul Cassirer hosted Purrmann’s first major solo exhibition, and Curt Glaser dedicated his first extensive essay to him in “Kunst und Künstler.”
• Part of the same family collection for more than 50 years.
The work is registered in the Hans Purrmann Archive under number 641.
PROVENANCE: The artist’s studio.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1918).
Julius Kaufmann, Darmstadt (acquired from the above in 1922).
Anneliese und Gottfried Dierdorf, Lörrach.
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Nyare Tysk konst (New German Art), Feb. 18–Mar. 12, 1922, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, no. 189, “Kvinnlig akt”.
Deutsche Kunst Darmstadt, May 20–Oct. 1, 1922, Municipal Exhibition Hall, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, no. 119.
LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde I. 1895–1934. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, CR no. 1918/18 (illustrated in color on p. 218).
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Curt Glaser, Hans Purrmann, in: Kunst und Künstler, XVI, Berlin 1918, pp. 453–464, here pp. 456ff (illustrated).
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett R. N. Ketterer, 37th Auction, Modern Art, Part 1, May 4, 1962, lot 387 (illustrated, plate 249, with a label on the reverse).
Galerie Henze & Ketterer (eds.), Klassische Moderne. Zur Art 32 Basel, catalog 61, Wichtrach/Bern 2001, cat. no. 18 (illustrated in color on p. 21, with a label on the reverse).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.50 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hans Purrmann "Weiblicher Akt auf blauem Sessel"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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.
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 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.
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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