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Erich Heckel
Mädchen am Meer, 1922.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 67,800 - 90,400
Mädchen am Meer. 1922.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed and dated again on the reverse of the canvas, as well as titled and inscribed on the stretcher, “Erich Heckel / Mädchen am Meer”. 83 x 96 cm (32.6 x 37.7 in).
[AR].
• Atmospheric composition showcasing man and nature in harmony.
• Since the “Brücke” period, the motifs of bathers and nudes in the open air have ranked among Erich Heckel's key pictorial themes.
• In “Mädchen am Meer,” Heckel visualizes his metaphysical experience, which gained increasing significance during the time of the painting's creation.
• Inspiration and retreat: the artist found new creative energy at the Baltic Sea after the end of the First World War.
• In the year the work was made, he was commissioned to paint a mural in the Angermuseum in Erfurt, which included a beach scene.
• In family ownership for 57 years.
We are grateful to the legal representatives of the Hess family for their kind advice.
PROVENANCE: Alfred and Thekla Hess Collection (née Pauson), Erfurt.
Stefan Pauson Collection, Bamberg (obtained from the above, brother of Thekla Hess).
Horace P. Oscher, Cincinnati, Ohio (1965, son-in-law of the above).
Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia.
Udo and Mania Bey Collection, Sarlhusen (acquired from the above in 1968).
Private collection, South Germany (inherited from the above).
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, murals, and sculptures, vol. II (1919–1964), Munich 2017, catalog no. 1922-4 (illustrated in color)
Paul Vogt, Erich Heckel, Recklinghausen 1965, no. 1922-4 (illustrated).
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Roman Norbert Ketterer, Moderna Kunst IV, Campione d'Italia, 1967, cat. no. 35 (illustrated in color on p. 55).
Roman Norbert Ketterer, Modern Art V, Campione d'Italia, 1968, cat. no. 41 (illiustrated in color on p. 51).
Christian Rathke, Erich Heckel im Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesmuseum. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Schleswig 1980, p. 68.
Sotheby's London, German & Austrian Art, October 6, 1999, lot 151.
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 14.28 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed and dated again on the reverse of the canvas, as well as titled and inscribed on the stretcher, “Erich Heckel / Mädchen am Meer”. 83 x 96 cm (32.6 x 37.7 in).
[AR].
• Atmospheric composition showcasing man and nature in harmony.
• Since the “Brücke” period, the motifs of bathers and nudes in the open air have ranked among Erich Heckel's key pictorial themes.
• In “Mädchen am Meer,” Heckel visualizes his metaphysical experience, which gained increasing significance during the time of the painting's creation.
• Inspiration and retreat: the artist found new creative energy at the Baltic Sea after the end of the First World War.
• In the year the work was made, he was commissioned to paint a mural in the Angermuseum in Erfurt, which included a beach scene.
• In family ownership for 57 years.
We are grateful to the legal representatives of the Hess family for their kind advice.
PROVENANCE: Alfred and Thekla Hess Collection (née Pauson), Erfurt.
Stefan Pauson Collection, Bamberg (obtained from the above, brother of Thekla Hess).
Horace P. Oscher, Cincinnati, Ohio (1965, son-in-law of the above).
Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia.
Udo and Mania Bey Collection, Sarlhusen (acquired from the above in 1968).
Private collection, South Germany (inherited from the above).
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, murals, and sculptures, vol. II (1919–1964), Munich 2017, catalog no. 1922-4 (illustrated in color)
Paul Vogt, Erich Heckel, Recklinghausen 1965, no. 1922-4 (illustrated).
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Roman Norbert Ketterer, Moderna Kunst IV, Campione d'Italia, 1967, cat. no. 35 (illustrated in color on p. 55).
Roman Norbert Ketterer, Modern Art V, Campione d'Italia, 1968, cat. no. 41 (illiustrated in color on p. 51).
Christian Rathke, Erich Heckel im Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesmuseum. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Schleswig 1980, p. 68.
Sotheby's London, German & Austrian Art, October 6, 1999, lot 151.
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 14.28 h +/- 20 min.
121
Erich Heckel
Mädchen am Meer, 1922.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 67,800 - 90,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Erich Heckel "Mädchen am Meer"
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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