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Georg Schrimpf
Häkelnde, 1924.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,200 - 104,400
Georg Schrimpf
1889 - 1938
Häkelnde. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 63 x 53 cm (24.8 x 20.8 in). [KA].
• Schrimpf's figure paintings from the 1920s are among the most important works in his oeuvre.
• A fusion of soft colors and reduced formal language.
• The window sections refer to Romantic, Biedermeier, and Renaissance portrait traditions, in which the connection between figure and landscape emphasizes the tension between the individual and the environment.
• Georg Schrimpf is one of the most important representatives of New Objectivity.
• Similar paintings are in the collections of the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Kunsthalle Mannheim, and the Lenbachhaus Munich.
• Most recently part of an important private collection in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, northern Germany.
Private ownership (acquired from the above in 1981).
Private collection, Berlin (since 2014: Hauswedell & Nolte).
EXHIBITION: Georg Schrimpf und Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, May 11–June 16, 1985; Villa Stuck, Munich, 1985; Städtische Galerie, Albstadt, 1985/86 (with illustrations, pp. 127 and 217).
LITERATURE: Karl-Ludwig Hofmann and Christmut Praeger, Georg Schrimpf and Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1985, CR no. 1924/8 (illustrated).
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Hauswedell & Nolte, 457th auction, Modern Art Part I, December 11, 2014, lot 51 (illustrated).
“What I want to achieve with my paintings simply all about life itself [..]. So I strive for clarity and simplicity as the essential features, believing that this is how I can get closer to the inner value of things.”
Georg Schrimpf, 1932, quoted from: Georg Schrimpf und Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1985, p. 162.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.54 h +/- 20 min.
1889 - 1938
Häkelnde. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 63 x 53 cm (24.8 x 20.8 in). [KA].
• Schrimpf's figure paintings from the 1920s are among the most important works in his oeuvre.
• A fusion of soft colors and reduced formal language.
• The window sections refer to Romantic, Biedermeier, and Renaissance portrait traditions, in which the connection between figure and landscape emphasizes the tension between the individual and the environment.
• Georg Schrimpf is one of the most important representatives of New Objectivity.
• Similar paintings are in the collections of the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Kunsthalle Mannheim, and the Lenbachhaus Munich.
• Most recently part of an important private collection in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, northern Germany.
Private ownership (acquired from the above in 1981).
Private collection, Berlin (since 2014: Hauswedell & Nolte).
EXHIBITION: Georg Schrimpf und Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, May 11–June 16, 1985; Villa Stuck, Munich, 1985; Städtische Galerie, Albstadt, 1985/86 (with illustrations, pp. 127 and 217).
LITERATURE: Karl-Ludwig Hofmann and Christmut Praeger, Georg Schrimpf and Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1985, CR no. 1924/8 (illustrated).
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Hauswedell & Nolte, 457th auction, Modern Art Part I, December 11, 2014, lot 51 (illustrated).
“What I want to achieve with my paintings simply all about life itself [..]. So I strive for clarity and simplicity as the essential features, believing that this is how I can get closer to the inner value of things.”
Georg Schrimpf, 1932, quoted from: Georg Schrimpf und Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1985, p. 162.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.54 h +/- 20 min.
276
Georg Schrimpf
Häkelnde, 1924.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,200 - 104,400
Buyer's premium and taxation for Georg Schrimpf "Häkelnde"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
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.
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.
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