Sale: 562 / 19th Century Art, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 122

 

122
Carl Spitzweg
Fischende Kinder, 1865-1870.
Oil on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000

 
$ 43,600 - 65,400

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Fischende Kinder. 1865-1870.
Oil on cardboard.
Signed with initials lower left. With a confirmation of authenticity by Eugen Spitzweg dated February 10, 1913, pasted on the reverse, as well as with a label indicating ownership and other numbered and inscribed labels. 30 x 37.5 cm (11.8 x 14.7 in).


• A gorgeous little idyll of pre-impressionist airiness.
• A coloristically profound landscape that reveals Spitzweg's knowledge of the “paysage intime” of the French School of Barbizon.
• Spitzweg's love of theater and opera becomes evident in the stage-like view and the artful lighting typical of all his works.
• Spitzweg's paintings are part of the most important German collections of 19th Century Art, including the Neue Pinakothek, Munich (“The Poor Poet”, 1839), the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
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We are grateful to Mr. Detlef Rosenberger, who examined the original work, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Eugen Spitzweg, Munich.
Wilhelm Rudolf Molenaar Collection, Krefeld (until at least 1913: offered at Helbing).
Krupp Family collection, Villa Hügel, Essen (presumably acquired before 1920).
Harald von Bohlen und Halbach Collection, Villa Hügel, Essen (from 1980/81, as a result of the distribution of the Krupp Family collection among the heirs, until about 1999).
J.P. Schneider art dealership, Frankfurt a.M.
Private collection, Bavaria (acquired from the above in 2000).

EXHIBITION: Villa Hügel, Essen, May 10 - September 30, 1953, no. 31c (titled "Landschaft mit Fischern").
Museum Folkwang, Essen (on permanent loan from the von Bohlen und Halbach family, 1998/99).

LITERATURE: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, no. 761 (illustrated).
Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, cat. no. 509 (illustrated).
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Hugo Helbing, Munich, April 28, 1913, no. 191 (plate 27).
Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Carl Spitzweg. Des Meisters Leben und Werk, 5th edition, Munich 1919, no. 100.
Auction house Neumeister, Munich, auction September 25, 2000, no. 802 (illustrated).




 

Buyer's premium and taxation for Carl Spitzweg "Fischende Kinder"
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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 €.
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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 €.
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