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Hermann Max Pechstein
Große Mühlengraben-Brücke (Leba), 1921.
Gouache, watercolor, color pen and chalks
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 22,600 - 33,900
Große Mühlengraben-Brücke (Leba). 1921.
Gouache, watercolor, color pen and chalks.
Signed (partly in ligature) and dated in the lower right. 48 x 58 cm (18.8 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [CH].
In 1921, the year this painting was created, Pechstein discovered Leba on the Baltic Sea as his new artistic retreat. The town became his second home until 1945.
• During this critical year, the artist met his future wife, Marta Möller, in Leba.
• In this drawing, Pechstein combines the idyllic scenery with bold color accents, a dramatic sense of depth, and a narrative layer to create a richly detailed composition.
• In the year it was created, and the following year, the artist also used this motif in his paintings, among them 'Sonnenuntergang' (Sunset, Nationalgalerie, Berlin) and 'Brücke in Leba' (Narodni Galerie, Prague).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Israel.
Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich.
Deutsche Bank Collection (acquired from the above in 1991).
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Auf Papier. Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, March 3–April 30, 1995; Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur, Berlin, May 18–July 2, 1995; Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, August 10–September 24, 1995, p. 242, cat. no. 141 (illustrated on p. 243).
LITERATURE: Ariane Grigoteit, Landschaften eines Jahrhunderts. From the Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main 1999, p. 161 (illustrated).
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.02 h +/- 20 min.
Gouache, watercolor, color pen and chalks.
Signed (partly in ligature) and dated in the lower right. 48 x 58 cm (18.8 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [CH].
In 1921, the year this painting was created, Pechstein discovered Leba on the Baltic Sea as his new artistic retreat. The town became his second home until 1945.
• During this critical year, the artist met his future wife, Marta Möller, in Leba.
• In this drawing, Pechstein combines the idyllic scenery with bold color accents, a dramatic sense of depth, and a narrative layer to create a richly detailed composition.
• In the year it was created, and the following year, the artist also used this motif in his paintings, among them 'Sonnenuntergang' (Sunset, Nationalgalerie, Berlin) and 'Brücke in Leba' (Narodni Galerie, Prague).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Israel.
Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich.
Deutsche Bank Collection (acquired from the above in 1991).
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Auf Papier. Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, March 3–April 30, 1995; Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur, Berlin, May 18–July 2, 1995; Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, August 10–September 24, 1995, p. 242, cat. no. 141 (illustrated on p. 243).
LITERATURE: Ariane Grigoteit, Landschaften eines Jahrhunderts. From the Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main 1999, p. 161 (illustrated).
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.02 h +/- 20 min.
192
Hermann Max Pechstein
Große Mühlengraben-Brücke (Leba), 1921.
Gouache, watercolor, color pen and chalks
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 22,600 - 33,900
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hermann Max Pechstein "Große Mühlengraben-Brücke (Leba)"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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