Lot 132 
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Edward Theodore Compton
Gletscherplateau, 1909.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 27,500 - 38,500
Gletscherplateau. 1909.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right. Various handwritten numbers and inscriptions verso on the stretcher, and with a label. 112 x 192 cm (44 x 75.5 in).
• Spectacular glacier panorama with an atmospheric appeal.
• Picturesque and highly varied execution in nuanced colors, loose brushstrokes and fine glazes.
• Compton, the enthusiastic mountaineer of the early days of alpinism, is considered the leading mountain painter.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1983, family-owned ever since).
LITERATURE: Jürgen and Sibylle Brandes, Edward Theodore Compton. Maler und Bergsteiger, Munich 2007, p. 312 (with deviating dimensions).
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Sotheby's, London, auction on March 25, 1981, lot 243 (illustrated).
Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 13.41 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right. Various handwritten numbers and inscriptions verso on the stretcher, and with a label. 112 x 192 cm (44 x 75.5 in).
• Spectacular glacier panorama with an atmospheric appeal.
• Picturesque and highly varied execution in nuanced colors, loose brushstrokes and fine glazes.
• Compton, the enthusiastic mountaineer of the early days of alpinism, is considered the leading mountain painter.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1983, family-owned ever since).
LITERATURE: Jürgen and Sibylle Brandes, Edward Theodore Compton. Maler und Bergsteiger, Munich 2007, p. 312 (with deviating dimensions).
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Sotheby's, London, auction on March 25, 1981, lot 243 (illustrated).
Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 13.41 h +/- 20 min.
132
Edward Theodore Compton
Gletscherplateau, 1909.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 27,500 - 38,500
Buyer's premium and taxation for Edward Theodore Compton "Gletscherplateau"
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.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to 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.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.