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Georg Schrimpf
Mädchen mit Hund, 1924.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 100,000
$ 84,000 - 105,000
Mädchen mit Hund. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. 75 x 57 cm (29.5 x 22.4 in) [JS].
• Georg Schrimpf is one of the protagonists of New Objectivity.
• Early, characteristic figure composition, which fascinates with its formal unity and the calmness of expression.
• The painting of New Objectivity owes its name to the exhibition "Die Neue Sachlichkeit. Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus (The New Objectivity. German Painting since Expressionism) at Kunsthalle Mannheim (1925), which featured works by George Grosz, Otto Dix, Karl Hubbuch, and Christian Schad in addition to those by Georg Schrimpf.
• Schrimpf's mysterious figure compositions with melancholic, aloof young women are considered prime examples of New Objectivity and the most sought-after works in his oeuvre.
• Paintings by Georg Schrimpf can be found in numerous important museums like the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
The painting is registered in the archive of Dr. Christmut Präger and will be included into a possible addendum to the catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Wolfgang Fischer, Frankfurt a. M.
Private collection (acquired between 1925 and 1935, then family-owned).
Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich (acquired from the above in 1989).
Matthijs Erdman, Amsterdam (acquired from the above).
Scheringa Museum of Realist Art, Spanbroek (acquired from the above - 2013, Christie´s, London, auction on February 7, 2013, lot no. 406 ).
Galerie Haas, Zürich (presumably since 2013)
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2020).
EXHIBITION: Georg Schrimpf: Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Galerie Nicolaus Fischer, Fankfurt a. M. 1992, cat. no. 7. (fig.).
Adolf Dietrich und die neue Sachlichkeit in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, September - November 1994, fig. p. 169 (with the label on the reverse).
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, Munich, June 7, 1989, lot 38 (illu., titledr: Frauenbildnis mit Hund).
E. Ansenk (ed.), Schilders von een andere werkelijkheid: in de collectie van het Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Zwolle 2006, pp. 108-109 and p. 243 (fig.).
Christie`s, Impressionist / Modern Day Sale, London, February 7, 2013, lot no. 406 (fig.).
"What I want to achieve with my pictures is plainly about life [..]. So I strive for clarity and simplicity as essential features, in a strong belief that this will bring me closer to inner values."
Georg Schrimpf, 1932, quoted from: Georg Schrimpf und Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1985, p. 162.
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 18.52 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. 75 x 57 cm (29.5 x 22.4 in) [JS].
• Georg Schrimpf is one of the protagonists of New Objectivity.
• Early, characteristic figure composition, which fascinates with its formal unity and the calmness of expression.
• The painting of New Objectivity owes its name to the exhibition "Die Neue Sachlichkeit. Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus (The New Objectivity. German Painting since Expressionism) at Kunsthalle Mannheim (1925), which featured works by George Grosz, Otto Dix, Karl Hubbuch, and Christian Schad in addition to those by Georg Schrimpf.
• Schrimpf's mysterious figure compositions with melancholic, aloof young women are considered prime examples of New Objectivity and the most sought-after works in his oeuvre.
• Paintings by Georg Schrimpf can be found in numerous important museums like the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
The painting is registered in the archive of Dr. Christmut Präger and will be included into a possible addendum to the catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Wolfgang Fischer, Frankfurt a. M.
Private collection (acquired between 1925 and 1935, then family-owned).
Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich (acquired from the above in 1989).
Matthijs Erdman, Amsterdam (acquired from the above).
Scheringa Museum of Realist Art, Spanbroek (acquired from the above - 2013, Christie´s, London, auction on February 7, 2013, lot no. 406 ).
Galerie Haas, Zürich (presumably since 2013)
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2020).
EXHIBITION: Georg Schrimpf: Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Galerie Nicolaus Fischer, Fankfurt a. M. 1992, cat. no. 7. (fig.).
Adolf Dietrich und die neue Sachlichkeit in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, September - November 1994, fig. p. 169 (with the label on the reverse).
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, Munich, June 7, 1989, lot 38 (illu., titledr: Frauenbildnis mit Hund).
E. Ansenk (ed.), Schilders von een andere werkelijkheid: in de collectie van het Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Zwolle 2006, pp. 108-109 and p. 243 (fig.).
Christie`s, Impressionist / Modern Day Sale, London, February 7, 2013, lot no. 406 (fig.).
"What I want to achieve with my pictures is plainly about life [..]. So I strive for clarity and simplicity as essential features, in a strong belief that this will bring me closer to inner values."
Georg Schrimpf, 1932, quoted from: Georg Schrimpf und Maria Uhden. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1985, p. 162.
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 18.52 h +/- 20 min.
The oeuvre of Georg Schrimpf, one of the outstanding representatives of New Objectivity, is small and exquisite, as he died at an early age. It was the art of the short interwar period that owes its name to the exhibition "Die Neue Sachlichkeit. Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus “ (New Objectivity. German Painting since Expressionism), which was on display at the Kunsthalle Mannheim in 1925. In addition to works by Georg Schrimpf, the selection also included works by George Grosz, Otto Dix and Karl Hubbuch. Schrimpf's still lifes with rubber trees and cacti are calm and of a fascinating sparseness. His deserted landscapes are vast and deserted, they combine a romantic dissolution of boundaries with an almost Hopperesque soberness.
His most sought-after works, however, are his figure paintings, which almost exclusively show young women in a melancholic posture. With their almost eerie calm, they quickly captivate observers. What makes these figures so special is their de-individualized typification, their almond-shaped eyes, the typical hairstyle and their somewhat plump physicality. It was most certainly Schrimpf's love for the artist Maria Uhden, his first wife, that is behind his fancy for this unique type of woman, for "[s]he was tall and, despite her twenty-two years, already somewhat womanly plump, had a clear good face and beautiful dark eyes." (O. M. Graf, quoted from: G. Schrimpf und M. Uhden, Berlin 1985, p. 200). Unfortunately, the young artist died of childbed fever after the birth of their son in 1918, and Schrimpf began to make paintings of Mary with the Child in medieval tradition in order to cope with this blow of fate. These pictures, however, would push on with the typification of the figures in his paintings. "Mädchen mit Hund" is a wonderful example, as it has all the characteristics of Schrimpf's new-objective style: the melancholic female figure, the typical reduced architecture, the warm, subdued colors and the window-like perspective, which at the same time suggests a certain expanse despite all the closeness of the form. Schrimpf died at the age of forty-nine in Berlin in 1938. His obituary said: "Schrimpf's name has gone down in the history of modern painting as that of the founder of the 'New Objectivity' [..]". (C. Hohoff, quoted from: ibid., p. 2). To this day, Schrimpf is considered an outstanding representative of New Objectivity; the important New Objectivity collection of the Lenbachhaus in Munich includes seven paintings by Georg Schrimpf, in addition to works by Christian Schad and Rudolf Schlichter. [JS]
His most sought-after works, however, are his figure paintings, which almost exclusively show young women in a melancholic posture. With their almost eerie calm, they quickly captivate observers. What makes these figures so special is their de-individualized typification, their almond-shaped eyes, the typical hairstyle and their somewhat plump physicality. It was most certainly Schrimpf's love for the artist Maria Uhden, his first wife, that is behind his fancy for this unique type of woman, for "[s]he was tall and, despite her twenty-two years, already somewhat womanly plump, had a clear good face and beautiful dark eyes." (O. M. Graf, quoted from: G. Schrimpf und M. Uhden, Berlin 1985, p. 200). Unfortunately, the young artist died of childbed fever after the birth of their son in 1918, and Schrimpf began to make paintings of Mary with the Child in medieval tradition in order to cope with this blow of fate. These pictures, however, would push on with the typification of the figures in his paintings. "Mädchen mit Hund" is a wonderful example, as it has all the characteristics of Schrimpf's new-objective style: the melancholic female figure, the typical reduced architecture, the warm, subdued colors and the window-like perspective, which at the same time suggests a certain expanse despite all the closeness of the form. Schrimpf died at the age of forty-nine in Berlin in 1938. His obituary said: "Schrimpf's name has gone down in the history of modern painting as that of the founder of the 'New Objectivity' [..]". (C. Hohoff, quoted from: ibid., p. 2). To this day, Schrimpf is considered an outstanding representative of New Objectivity; the important New Objectivity collection of the Lenbachhaus in Munich includes seven paintings by Georg Schrimpf, in addition to works by Christian Schad and Rudolf Schlichter. [JS]
459
Georg Schrimpf
Mädchen mit Hund, 1924.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 100,000
$ 84,000 - 105,000
Buyer's premium and taxation for Georg Schrimpf "Mädchen mit Hund"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
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.
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.