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Lyonel Feininger
Wolken IV, 1934.
Watercolor and India ink
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,000 - 31,500
Wolken IV. 1934.
Watercolor and India ink.
Lower left signed and titled, lower right dated. On Ingres laid paper (with watermark). 31 x 47 cm (12.2 x 18.5 in), size of sheet.
[AR].
• Perfect interplay of graphic lines and pointed color accents.
• Abstract clouds over a calm sea are among Feininger's central motifs.
• He spent the spring and summer of 1934 in Mrzezyno on the Baltic Sea, shortly after the Bauhaus closed and the National Socialists came to power.
• Exhibited in Berlin and the USA during the artist's lifetime.
• Privately owned for 43 years.
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin, has confirmed this work's authenticity, it is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number 1886-10-30-23. Accompanied by the certificate.
PROVENANCE: Julia Feininger, New York.
Private collection.
Galleria Castelnuovo, Ascona.
Private collection Soutern Germany (acquired from the above in 1980).
EXHIBITION: Lyonel Feininger - Sonderausstellung: Neue Aquarelle, Kohlezeichnungen und Federzeichnungen, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, Febr.-March 1935, no. 53
2nd Feininger Exhibition 1937: 35 New Paintings, 130 Drawings and Prints by Lyonel Feininger, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, June 27 - August 7, 1937 (no. 39 on trasnport list).
LITERATURE: Hans Schulz-Vanselow, Lyonel Feininger und Pommern, Kiel 1999, p. 252.
"I have just come up from the beach, where I was drawing [..] the clouds above the water [..], a whole continent of storm clouds [..]. The water lay completely still [..]. I feel so many images emerging in me, I have such a longing for the realization of these visions [..]."
Lyonel Feininger, Sept. 9, 1922, in a letter to Julia Feininger. Quoted from: Werner Timm, Feininger an der Ostseeküste, in: Roland März (ed.), Lyonel Feininger. Von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan, Berlin 1998, p. 305.
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 19.04 h +/- 20 min.
Watercolor and India ink.
Lower left signed and titled, lower right dated. On Ingres laid paper (with watermark). 31 x 47 cm (12.2 x 18.5 in), size of sheet.
[AR].
• Perfect interplay of graphic lines and pointed color accents.
• Abstract clouds over a calm sea are among Feininger's central motifs.
• He spent the spring and summer of 1934 in Mrzezyno on the Baltic Sea, shortly after the Bauhaus closed and the National Socialists came to power.
• Exhibited in Berlin and the USA during the artist's lifetime.
• Privately owned for 43 years.
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin, has confirmed this work's authenticity, it is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number 1886-10-30-23. Accompanied by the certificate.
PROVENANCE: Julia Feininger, New York.
Private collection.
Galleria Castelnuovo, Ascona.
Private collection Soutern Germany (acquired from the above in 1980).
EXHIBITION: Lyonel Feininger - Sonderausstellung: Neue Aquarelle, Kohlezeichnungen und Federzeichnungen, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, Febr.-March 1935, no. 53
2nd Feininger Exhibition 1937: 35 New Paintings, 130 Drawings and Prints by Lyonel Feininger, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, June 27 - August 7, 1937 (no. 39 on trasnport list).
LITERATURE: Hans Schulz-Vanselow, Lyonel Feininger und Pommern, Kiel 1999, p. 252.
"I have just come up from the beach, where I was drawing [..] the clouds above the water [..], a whole continent of storm clouds [..]. The water lay completely still [..]. I feel so many images emerging in me, I have such a longing for the realization of these visions [..]."
Lyonel Feininger, Sept. 9, 1922, in a letter to Julia Feininger. Quoted from: Werner Timm, Feininger an der Ostseeküste, in: Roland März (ed.), Lyonel Feininger. Von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan, Berlin 1998, p. 305.
Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 19.04 h +/- 20 min.
469
Lyonel Feininger
Wolken IV, 1934.
Watercolor and India ink
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,000 - 31,500
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Lyonel Feininger "Wolken IV"
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.