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Leo Putz
Venusberg Tannhäuser, 1918.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
171
Leo Putz
Venusberg Tannhäuser, 1918.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
Leo Putz
1869 - 1940
Venusberg Tannhäuser. 1918.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Signed, dated, and titled on a label on the reverse of the stretcher. 71 x 77 cm (27.9 x 30.3 in).
[AR].
• Dramatic, erotic, provocative: a visual interpretation of the duality and inner conflict of Tannhäuser, the protagonist of Richard Wagner’s opera of the same name.
• A vibrant composition with fractured color fields and energetic, broad brushstrokes.
• Alongside his female portraits and plein-air paintings, the artist also created erotic-mythological scenes, literary works, and fairy-tale motifs.
PROVENANCE: From a European collection.
EXHIBITION: Munich 1869–1958, Aufbruch zur modernen Kunst, Haus der Kunst Munich, June 21–October 5, 1958, cat. no. 938.
LITERATURE: Helmut Putz, Leo Putz. Werkverzeichnis in zwei Bänden, vol. II, Gauting 1994, CR no. 1113 (illustrated in black and white on p. 741, here entitled “‘Tannhäuser’ III”).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.34 h +/- 20 min.
1869 - 1940
Venusberg Tannhäuser. 1918.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Signed, dated, and titled on a label on the reverse of the stretcher. 71 x 77 cm (27.9 x 30.3 in).
[AR].
• Dramatic, erotic, provocative: a visual interpretation of the duality and inner conflict of Tannhäuser, the protagonist of Richard Wagner’s opera of the same name.
• A vibrant composition with fractured color fields and energetic, broad brushstrokes.
• Alongside his female portraits and plein-air paintings, the artist also created erotic-mythological scenes, literary works, and fairy-tale motifs.
PROVENANCE: From a European collection.
EXHIBITION: Munich 1869–1958, Aufbruch zur modernen Kunst, Haus der Kunst Munich, June 21–October 5, 1958, cat. no. 938.
LITERATURE: Helmut Putz, Leo Putz. Werkverzeichnis in zwei Bänden, vol. II, Gauting 1994, CR no. 1113 (illustrated in black and white on p. 741, here entitled “‘Tannhäuser’ III”).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.34 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium and taxation for Leo Putz "Venusberg Tannhäuser"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation.
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.
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.
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