Sale: 563 / Modern Art Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 207


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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Mädchen in der Heide, 1921.
Watercolor over carpenter's pencil
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000

 
$ 33,000 - 44,000

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Mädchen in der Heide. 1921.
Watercolor over carpenter's pencil.
Lower left signd and dated. Verso titled. On creme machine-made laid paper. 39.5 x 49.2 cm (15.5 x 19.3 in), size of sheet. [JS].

• The vibrant brushstrokes lent the sharp contours a rich luminosity.
• The expressive heath landscape is reminiscent of the 1921 painting "Frau im Wald" (Woman in the Forest) today at the Museum Buchheim in Bernried.
• Watercolors play a significant role in Schmidt-Rottluff's work, from the years of the “Brücke” to his last creative period in the 1970s.
• Confiscated in 1937 as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign.
• In family ownership for over 60 years
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The watercolor is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation in Berlin.

PROVENANCE: Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden (until 1930).
Museum Behnhaus, Lübeck (obtained from the above in exchange for another sheet by the artist in 1930, until 1937).
State ownership (confiscated from the above in 1937 in the course of the “Degenerate Art” campaign, collection number 11530).
Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg (acquired from the above in 1940).
Bertram Burger Collection, Heidelberg (since 1960: Lempertz).
Since then in family ownership.

LITERATURE: www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/db_entart_kunst/datenbank (EK-Nr. 11530).
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, 461. Auktion, 31. Mai 1960, Los 372.

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 14.29 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Karl Schmidt-Rottluff "Mädchen in der Heide"
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.