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Willi Baumeister
Badende vor roter Fläche (Fragment), 1930.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 26,250 - 36,750
Badende vor roter Fläche (Fragment). 1930.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 37.1 x 51 cm (14.6 x 20 in).
• Unique fragment of a painting that Baumeister destroyed in context of the Nazi ostracism.
• Striking example of Baumeister's work of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
• Approach to the works of Fernand Léger, Kasimir Malevich and Le Corbusier, whom Baumeister knew from the Parisian artist group 'Cercle et Carré'.
PROVENANCE: Henri Gräff Collection (gifted from the artist in 1933).
Private collection Berlin (acquired from the above, Sotheby's, May 30, 1991).
EXHIBITION: Vision und Formgesetz, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, September 1930.
Willi Baumeister, Galerie Ediitions Bonaparte, Paris, April 5 - 23, 1930.
LITERATURE: Peter Beye, Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Catalogue raisoné of paintings, volume II, Ostfildern 2002, cat. no. 471 (illu.).
Das Neue Frankfurt, 4th vol. 1930, issue 11, p. 239 (fig.).
Sotheby's, Berlin, Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, May 30, 1991, cat. no. 41 (fig.).
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 18.59 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 37.1 x 51 cm (14.6 x 20 in).
• Unique fragment of a painting that Baumeister destroyed in context of the Nazi ostracism.
• Striking example of Baumeister's work of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
• Approach to the works of Fernand Léger, Kasimir Malevich and Le Corbusier, whom Baumeister knew from the Parisian artist group 'Cercle et Carré'.
PROVENANCE: Henri Gräff Collection (gifted from the artist in 1933).
Private collection Berlin (acquired from the above, Sotheby's, May 30, 1991).
EXHIBITION: Vision und Formgesetz, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, September 1930.
Willi Baumeister, Galerie Ediitions Bonaparte, Paris, April 5 - 23, 1930.
LITERATURE: Peter Beye, Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Catalogue raisoné of paintings, volume II, Ostfildern 2002, cat. no. 471 (illu.).
Das Neue Frankfurt, 4th vol. 1930, issue 11, p. 239 (fig.).
Sotheby's, Berlin, Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, May 30, 1991, cat. no. 41 (fig.).
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 18.59 h +/- 20 min.
The present work is a fragment of the destroyed oil painting "Badende" (Bathers), which was created in 1930 as part of the group 'Figur' or 'Akt unter der Dusche' (Nude under the Shower). After Hitler had come to power in 1933 and Baumeister's subsequent dismissal from his teaching post at the Städelschule in Frankfurt a.M., he destroyed the painting. A letter from the former Baumeister student in Frankfurt, Henri Gräff, to the artist's daughter Felicitas Baumeister dated October 22, 1990 (letter in the Baumeister archive) reveals that Baumeister cut up the painting shortly after his dismissal and left the fragments to Gräff at his request. [AW]
464
Willi Baumeister
Badende vor roter Fläche (Fragment), 1930.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 26,250 - 36,750
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Willi Baumeister "Badende vor roter Fläche (Fragment)"
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.
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.