Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 448


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Gottfried Graf
Mädchen mit Abendstern, Um 1920.
Oil on canvas
Post auction sale: € 9,000 / $ 9,450
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Mädchen mit Abendstern. Um 1920.
Oil on canvas.
The artist's name burned into the wood on the reverse of the stretcher. 135 x 62 cm (53.1 x 24.4 in).
[AR].

• Transcendental experience between earthly and heavenly elements.
• Composition supported by strong color contrasts and two-dimensional forms.
• At the time this work was created, his work is characterized by great abundance and beauty, inventiveness and diversity
• Gottfried Graf was a student of Adolf Hölzel and a friend of Johannes Itten, Oskar Schlemmer and Hermann Stenner
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PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau (acquired from the above).
Hermann-Josef Bunte Collection, Hamburg/Bielefeld
(acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Hermann Stenner und seine Zeit, Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, January 20 - June 9, 2019, cat. no. 62.
Hölle und Paradies. Der deutsche Expressionismus um 1918, Städtisches Museum Engen March 1 - September 13, 2020, Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus, September 27, 2020 - March 14, 2021, cat. No. 48 (illu. in color on p.91).





Buyer's premium and taxation for Gottfried Graf "Mädchen mit Abendstern"
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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