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Otto Dix
Reiter in Landschaft (Der Reiter), 1917.
Gouache over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,200 - 34,800
Otto Dix
1891 - 1969
Reiter in Landschaft (Der Reiter). 1917.
Gouache over pencil.
Monogrammed and signed in the lower right. On off-white wove paper. Titled and inscribed on the reverse, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist. 39.1 x 41 cm (15.3 x 16.1 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• The artist's war experiences fanned the flames of his “ Expressionism” as of 1915 (CR Pfäffle, p. 11).
• In stark contrast to the strong palette, Dix depicts a world at war and processes his own distress.
• Formerly part of the important collection of Dr. Ismar Littmann, Breslau, alongside some of the most important avant-garde works.
• Rediscovery: previously unknown gouache by the artist.
• Two closely related works are in the Dresden State Art Collections and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné with the number G 1916/30. We are grateful to Dr. Ulrike Lorenz and Rainer Pfefferkorn, Otto Dix Foundation, for their kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Ismar Littmann Collection, Wroclaw (inventory number 4962, until 1935 as consignment P. Schaefer: Max Perl Auction, Berlin).
Private collection, Harz.
Estate of the aforementioned (until 1978: Brandes Auction, Brunswick).
Private collection, Berlin (probably acquired from the above in 1978).
Amicable agreement with the heirs of Dr. Ismar Littmann, Breslau (2025).
The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made in amicable agreement and in mutual consent with the heirs of Dr. Ismar Littmann.
LITERATURE: Max Perl Berlin, Bücher des 15.-20. Jahrhunderts, darunter Bücher aus der Bibliothek Robert Steinberg, Bielefeld; Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, Kunstgewerbe, Plastik ( Auction), February 26-28, 1935 ( catalog no. 188), lot 2091.
W. Brandes Buch- u. Graphikauktionen – Brunswick, auction 70, lot 3061 (illustrated, plate XII).
Aus dem Antiquariat, no. 103/104, December 29, 1978, p. 467.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.42 h +/- 20 min.
1891 - 1969
Reiter in Landschaft (Der Reiter). 1917.
Gouache over pencil.
Monogrammed and signed in the lower right. On off-white wove paper. Titled and inscribed on the reverse, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist. 39.1 x 41 cm (15.3 x 16.1 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• The artist's war experiences fanned the flames of his “ Expressionism” as of 1915 (CR Pfäffle, p. 11).
• In stark contrast to the strong palette, Dix depicts a world at war and processes his own distress.
• Formerly part of the important collection of Dr. Ismar Littmann, Breslau, alongside some of the most important avant-garde works.
• Rediscovery: previously unknown gouache by the artist.
• Two closely related works are in the Dresden State Art Collections and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné with the number G 1916/30. We are grateful to Dr. Ulrike Lorenz and Rainer Pfefferkorn, Otto Dix Foundation, for their kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Ismar Littmann Collection, Wroclaw (inventory number 4962, until 1935 as consignment P. Schaefer: Max Perl Auction, Berlin).
Private collection, Harz.
Estate of the aforementioned (until 1978: Brandes Auction, Brunswick).
Private collection, Berlin (probably acquired from the above in 1978).
Amicable agreement with the heirs of Dr. Ismar Littmann, Breslau (2025).
The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made in amicable agreement and in mutual consent with the heirs of Dr. Ismar Littmann.
LITERATURE: Max Perl Berlin, Bücher des 15.-20. Jahrhunderts, darunter Bücher aus der Bibliothek Robert Steinberg, Bielefeld; Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, Kunstgewerbe, Plastik ( Auction), February 26-28, 1935 ( catalog no. 188), lot 2091.
W. Brandes Buch- u. Graphikauktionen – Brunswick, auction 70, lot 3061 (illustrated, plate XII).
Aus dem Antiquariat, no. 103/104, December 29, 1978, p. 467.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.42 h +/- 20 min.
The Breslau lawyer and notary Dr. Ismar Littmann is one of the most important collectors of German Expressionist art. From the late 1910s onwards, he built up an outstanding collection of works by Mueller, Kollwitz, Nolde, Pechstein, Kanoldt, and Corinth. The global economic crisis of 1929 put an end to his passion for collecting; by then, he had amassed around 6,000 works. After the National Socialists came to power in January 1933, Littmann was disenfranchised as a Jewish lawyer and economically ruined. On September 23, 1934, he took his own life out of despair. His widow Käthe and their children were later fortunate enough to flee Germany. In 1935, large parts of Littmann's collection had to be sold at an auction held by Max Perl in Berlin under various consignor names in order to secure the family's livelihood and finance their escape. Among the works sold was Otto Dix's haunting, expressive landscape "Der Reiter" (The Rider). The auction gained notoriety: 64 works were confiscated by the Gestapo as "degenerate," many of them burned in the Kronprinzenpalais in 1936. However, some landscape works, including Nolde's famous painting "Buchsbaumgarten" (Boxwood Garden) and Dix's "Der Reiter," were spared. "Der Reiter" is sold for 13 RM.
It is not until 1978 that the work reappears at an auction in Braunschweig and later finds its way into an important Berlin collection. Today, the work can be offered free of restitution claims on the basis of a "fair and just solution."
It is not until 1978 that the work reappears at an auction in Braunschweig and later finds its way into an important Berlin collection. Today, the work can be offered free of restitution claims on the basis of a "fair and just solution."
222
Otto Dix
Reiter in Landschaft (Der Reiter), 1917.
Gouache over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,200 - 34,800
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Otto Dix "Reiter in Landschaft (Der Reiter)"
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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