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Hermann Max Pechstein
Häuser in Hendaye, 1931.
Oil on canvas
Post auction sale: € 30,000 / $ 33,000
Häuser in Hendaye. 1931.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower right. Belatedly inscribed "HMPechstein / Berlin-Grunewald / Warmbrunnerstr. 20" and "Häuser in Hendaye (Weisses Haus)" by a hand other than that of the artist on the stretcher on the reverse. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).
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The Museum Wiesbaden showed a comprehensive retrospective of 160 works by Max Pechstein until the end of June 2024.
• In 1931, Max Pechstein traveled to the south of France and the Pyrenees to "fulfill a longing", as he wrote in a letter to Walter Minnich.
• Inspired by impressions made on his travels, he created a small group of paintings, including this "Häuser in Hendaye".
• Deserted scene in striking luminous colors - a palette of such clarity and purity is extremely rare in the artist's oeuvre.
• Exhibited in the Pechstein exhibition at the Berlin Secession the year it was created.
• From the estate of Max Pechstein, offered for the first time on the international auction market.
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Private collection, Germany.
Family-owned ever since.
EXHIBITION: Max Pechstein, Berliner Secession, 67th exhibition, December 30, 1931 - January 1932, no. 26 (titled "Morgen in Hendaye").
LITERATURE: Aya Soika, Max Pechstein. Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. 2: 1919-1954, Munich 2011, no. 1931/5 (illu. in colorr).
"I'm on the lookout for a country to heal on both the in- and outside, it's high time I get out of my German comfort zone again .. So this time I want to satisfy a yearning, even if only for 2 months, to the south of France, to the Spanish border in the Basque country, to Hendaye."
Max Pechstein in a letter to Walter Minnich, May 1931, quoted from: Aya Soika, Max Pechstein. Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. 2: 1919-1954, Munich 2011, p. 22
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower right. Belatedly inscribed "HMPechstein / Berlin-Grunewald / Warmbrunnerstr. 20" and "Häuser in Hendaye (Weisses Haus)" by a hand other than that of the artist on the stretcher on the reverse. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).
[AR]
The Museum Wiesbaden showed a comprehensive retrospective of 160 works by Max Pechstein until the end of June 2024.
• In 1931, Max Pechstein traveled to the south of France and the Pyrenees to "fulfill a longing", as he wrote in a letter to Walter Minnich.
• Inspired by impressions made on his travels, he created a small group of paintings, including this "Häuser in Hendaye".
• Deserted scene in striking luminous colors - a palette of such clarity and purity is extremely rare in the artist's oeuvre.
• Exhibited in the Pechstein exhibition at the Berlin Secession the year it was created.
• From the estate of Max Pechstein, offered for the first time on the international auction market.
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Private collection, Germany.
Family-owned ever since.
EXHIBITION: Max Pechstein, Berliner Secession, 67th exhibition, December 30, 1931 - January 1932, no. 26 (titled "Morgen in Hendaye").
LITERATURE: Aya Soika, Max Pechstein. Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. 2: 1919-1954, Munich 2011, no. 1931/5 (illu. in colorr).
"I'm on the lookout for a country to heal on both the in- and outside, it's high time I get out of my German comfort zone again .. So this time I want to satisfy a yearning, even if only for 2 months, to the south of France, to the Spanish border in the Basque country, to Hendaye."
Max Pechstein in a letter to Walter Minnich, May 1931, quoted from: Aya Soika, Max Pechstein. Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. 2: 1919-1954, Munich 2011, p. 22
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Hermann Max Pechstein
Häuser in Hendaye, 1931.
Oil on canvas
Post auction sale: € 30,000 / $ 33,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hermann Max Pechstein "Häuser in Hendaye"
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.