Sale: 562 / 19th Century Art, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 108


108
Carl Spitzweg
Schulmädchen im Walde, Um 1874.
Oil on paper, laminated on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000

 
$ 44,000 - 66,000

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Schulmädchen im Walde. Um 1874.
Oil on paper, laminated on cardboard.
Signed lower right, with the initials scratched into the wet paint. 22 x 26.5 cm (8.6 x 10.4 in).

• A sophisticated, narrative composition set in a picturesque forest landscape.
• One of Spitzweg's lively pictorial worlds in which he shows his mastery in combining figures and spatial effects.
• (School) children in the forest were a popular subject for Spitzweg in the 1860s and 1870s.
• Successful participation in the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867 and the First International Art Exhibition at the Munich Glaspalast in 1869 cemented his reputation as one of the leading German artists of the 19th century
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Accompanied by the documentation “Schulkinder im Walde” (Schoolchildren in the Forest) by Siegfried Wichmann, Starnberg, April 25, 1995, including a reprint of the certificate prepared by Adolf von Alt, March 30, 1939.
We are grateful to Mr. Detlef Rosenberger, who examined the original work, for his kind support in cataloging his lot.

PROVENANCE: From the estate of the artist.
Otto Spitzweg (1843-1921).
Richard Spitzweg (received from the above in 1908).
Private collection, Bavaria.

LITERATURE: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, catalogue raisonné no. 896 (illustrated).
Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, no. 485 (illustrated in b/w).
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Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Schoolchildren in the Forest, Documentation, Starnberg-Munich, R.f.v.u.a.K. 1994, Bayer. Staatsbibliothek Munich, inv. no. Ana 656 SW 61.

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 13.10 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium and taxation for Carl Spitzweg "Schulmädchen im Walde"
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.

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