Lot 503.15 
503.15
Erich Heckel
Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading, 1907/1963.
6 sheet Woodcuts
Post auction sale: € 9,000 / $ 9,450
Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading. 1907/1963.
6 sheet Woodcuts.
Each signe. Monogrammed in the printing block. Partly belatedly dated and titled. Each one of very few known copies (between 4 and 10). On different types of paper. Sheet dimensions up to: 37 x 21.5 cm (14.5 x 8.4 in).
Contains: Zwei Gestalten, Der Gefangene, Der Richter, Verbrecher, Singende, Kruzifix.
Also included: Oscar Wilde “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” with twelve line etchings after woodcuts by Erich Heckel, Ernst Rathenau Verlag, New York 1963. With a personal dedication by Siddi Heckel. From an edition of 600 copies [EH/MH].
• Rare copies of the early woodcuts from 1907.
• The woodblocks were destroyed during the Second World War.
• Further prints from this series are in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Rifkind Center, Los Angeles.
PROVENANCE: SHG 346 - Verbrecher:
Alfred and Thekla Hess Collection, Erfurt (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 2796 a).
Wilhelm Arntz Collection, Haag in Upper Bavaria.
Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1990, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).
Amicable agreement between the above and the heirs of Alfred and Thekla Hess (2024).
The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made subject to an amicable agreement with the heirs of Alfred and Thekla Hess on the basis of a fair and just solution.
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964, WVZ no. 122H, 123H, 124H, 125H, 126H, 131H.
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Catalogue raisonné of prints, vol. 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 152H, 153H, 154H, 155H, 156H, 161H.
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 417, SHG nos. 178, 179, 180 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 120, SHG no. 342- 348 (illu.).
Erich Heckel in a letter to Emil Nolde from March 17, 1907.
6 sheet Woodcuts.
Each signe. Monogrammed in the printing block. Partly belatedly dated and titled. Each one of very few known copies (between 4 and 10). On different types of paper. Sheet dimensions up to: 37 x 21.5 cm (14.5 x 8.4 in).
Contains: Zwei Gestalten, Der Gefangene, Der Richter, Verbrecher, Singende, Kruzifix.
Also included: Oscar Wilde “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” with twelve line etchings after woodcuts by Erich Heckel, Ernst Rathenau Verlag, New York 1963. With a personal dedication by Siddi Heckel. From an edition of 600 copies [EH/MH].
• Rare copies of the early woodcuts from 1907.
• The woodblocks were destroyed during the Second World War.
• Further prints from this series are in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Rifkind Center, Los Angeles.
PROVENANCE: SHG 346 - Verbrecher:
Alfred and Thekla Hess Collection, Erfurt (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 2796 a).
Wilhelm Arntz Collection, Haag in Upper Bavaria.
Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1990, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).
Amicable agreement between the above and the heirs of Alfred and Thekla Hess (2024).
The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made subject to an amicable agreement with the heirs of Alfred and Thekla Hess on the basis of a fair and just solution.
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964, WVZ no. 122H, 123H, 124H, 125H, 126H, 131H.
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Catalogue raisonné of prints, vol. 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 152H, 153H, 154H, 155H, 156H, 161H.
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 417, SHG nos. 178, 179, 180 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 120, SHG no. 342- 348 (illu.).
Erich Heckel in a letter to Emil Nolde from March 17, 1907.
503.15
Erich Heckel
Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading, 1907/1963.
6 sheet Woodcuts
Post auction sale: € 9,000 / $ 9,450
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Erich Heckel "Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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.
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 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.
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.