Sale: 562 / 19th Century Art, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 123

 

123
Fritz von Uhde
Gang nach Bethlehem (Schwerer Gang), Um 1890.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000

 
$ 19,800 - 26,400

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Gang nach Bethlehem (Schwerer Gang). C. 1890.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in lower right. 117 x 128 cm (46 x 50.3 in).
On the decorative frame with metal plate “Prof. Fritz v. Uhde / Gang nach Bethlehem”.

• As one of the most successful and controversial artists of his time, Fritz von Uhde found a new pictorial language for traditional religious scenes.
• In this work, he creates heroic peasant figures in the style of the French realist Jean-François Millet.
• Uhde ingeniously combines realistic and idealistic elements and secular and spiritual motifs.
• A version of the motif was exhibited at Galerie Heinemann in Munich in 1890 and was acquired by the Bavarian State Painting Collections by Prince Regent Luitpold in the same year
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PROVENANCE: Heinrich Glosemeyer Collection (1896-1969), Bremen.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired in 1960, since then in family ownership).

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 13.29 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium and taxation for Fritz von Uhde "Gang nach Bethlehem (Schwerer Gang)"
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 €.
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