Lot 503.12 
503.12
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Mädchen mit Blumen (verso: Frauenporträt), Um 1917.
Ink over pencil
Post auction sale: € 8,100 / $ 8,505
Mädchen mit Blumen (verso: Frauenporträt). Um 1917.
Ink over pencil.
Signed in lower right of the image. Inscribed “KZ 142” on the reverse. Also inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist on the reverse. On light cardboard. 50 x 38.1 cm (19.6 x 15 in), nearly the full sheet.
With the depiction of a female head on the reverse, pencil, around 1917. [CH].
• Painted on both sides: with a portrait of a woman in pencil on the reverse.
• Two dynamic portrait drawings in the typical nervous lines.
• In the year the work was made, Kirchner painted several important female portraits in oil on canvas, including those of his partner Erna Schilling and his friend Nele van de Velde.
• The portraits of fellow humans play an important role in Kirchner's entire oeuvre.
This work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Christian Laely, Davos (taken from the aforementioned estate in 1946 and assigned to the fictitious “Gervais Collection”).
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ink over pencil.
Signed in lower right of the image. Inscribed “KZ 142” on the reverse. Also inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist on the reverse. On light cardboard. 50 x 38.1 cm (19.6 x 15 in), nearly the full sheet.
With the depiction of a female head on the reverse, pencil, around 1917. [CH].
• Painted on both sides: with a portrait of a woman in pencil on the reverse.
• Two dynamic portrait drawings in the typical nervous lines.
• In the year the work was made, Kirchner painted several important female portraits in oil on canvas, including those of his partner Erna Schilling and his friend Nele van de Velde.
• The portraits of fellow humans play an important role in Kirchner's entire oeuvre.
This work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Christian Laely, Davos (taken from the aforementioned estate in 1946 and assigned to the fictitious “Gervais Collection”).
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate.
503.12
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Mädchen mit Blumen (verso: Frauenporträt), Um 1917.
Ink over pencil
Post auction sale: € 8,100 / $ 8,505
Buyer's premium and taxation for Ernst Ludwig Kirchner "Mädchen mit Blumen (verso: Frauenporträt)"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % 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 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 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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % 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 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 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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.