271
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Stilleben mit Vogelschale, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 150,000
$ 112,000 - 168,000
271
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Stilleben mit Vogelschale, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 100,000 - 150,000
$ 112,000 - 168,000
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Stilleben mit Vogelschale. 1953.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the upper left. Signed, titled, and inscribed with the work number “531” on the reverse of the stretcher. 76.5 x 90.7 cm (30.1 x 35.7 in). [CH].
• Exceptionally modern in terms of color scheme, composition, framing, and abstract background design.
• Featured in the retrospective traveling exhibition at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Folkwang Museum in Essen during the artist’s lifetime.
• Around 1953–54, he also created a lithograph of the same name with a closely related motif (Chemnitz Art Collections).
• Still lifes play a central role in Karl Schmidt-Rottluff’s oeuvre.
• In the 1950s, he increasingly devoted himself to his immediate surroundings and the “quiet life of things,” as he put it.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: GEA Group Collection, Düsseldorf (acquired in 1992).
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 80. Geburtstag. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, Kunstverein Hanover, Nov. 17, 1963–Jan. 5, 1964; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main; Academy of Arts, Berlin, June 7–July 5, 1964, cat. no. 171 (with black-and-white illustration, p. 115, on the stretcher with the exhibition label).
LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Stuttgart 1956, pp. 276 and 307 (with b/w illustration).
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Grisebach, Berlin, 10th Auction, November 24, 1989, lot 56 (with illustration).
Weltkunst, Munich, vol. 60, no. 1, Jan. 1, 1990, p. 47.
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.48 h +/- 20 min.
1884 - 1976
Stilleben mit Vogelschale. 1953.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the upper left. Signed, titled, and inscribed with the work number “531” on the reverse of the stretcher. 76.5 x 90.7 cm (30.1 x 35.7 in). [CH].
• Exceptionally modern in terms of color scheme, composition, framing, and abstract background design.
• Featured in the retrospective traveling exhibition at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Folkwang Museum in Essen during the artist’s lifetime.
• Around 1953–54, he also created a lithograph of the same name with a closely related motif (Chemnitz Art Collections).
• Still lifes play a central role in Karl Schmidt-Rottluff’s oeuvre.
• In the 1950s, he increasingly devoted himself to his immediate surroundings and the “quiet life of things,” as he put it.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: GEA Group Collection, Düsseldorf (acquired in 1992).
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 80. Geburtstag. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, Kunstverein Hanover, Nov. 17, 1963–Jan. 5, 1964; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main; Academy of Arts, Berlin, June 7–July 5, 1964, cat. no. 171 (with black-and-white illustration, p. 115, on the stretcher with the exhibition label).
LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Stuttgart 1956, pp. 276 and 307 (with b/w illustration).
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Grisebach, Berlin, 10th Auction, November 24, 1989, lot 56 (with illustration).
Weltkunst, Munich, vol. 60, no. 1, Jan. 1, 1990, p. 47.
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.48 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Karl Schmidt-Rottluff "Stilleben mit Vogelschale"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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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