Lot 310
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Hermann Max Pechstein
Forellenteich in Gliesnitz, Wohl 1944.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 44,000 - 66,000
Forellenteich in Gliesnitz. Wohl 1944.
Oil on canvas.
Soika 1944/1. 75 x 92 cm (29.5 x 36.2 in).
[AR].
• Trout pond on Gliesnitz manor in Western Pomerania, where Pechstein spent several weeks in May 1944.
• The balanced composition and the landscape's blue-green effects stand in a strong contrast to the difficult living conditions at the time of origin.
• Only very few paintings from around 1944/45 are known or preserved.
• Made in return for the hospitality of the property owner in Gliesnitz, ever since family-owned.
Accompanied by a written expertise (in copy) by Carl Georg Heise, former director of the Kunsthalle Hamburg from September 17, 1974.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Gliesnitz/Switzerland (gifted from the artist around 1944).
Private collection Switzerland (inherited from the above in 1988).
Called up: June 10, 2023 - ca. 15.40 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Soika 1944/1. 75 x 92 cm (29.5 x 36.2 in).
[AR].
• Trout pond on Gliesnitz manor in Western Pomerania, where Pechstein spent several weeks in May 1944.
• The balanced composition and the landscape's blue-green effects stand in a strong contrast to the difficult living conditions at the time of origin.
• Only very few paintings from around 1944/45 are known or preserved.
• Made in return for the hospitality of the property owner in Gliesnitz, ever since family-owned.
Accompanied by a written expertise (in copy) by Carl Georg Heise, former director of the Kunsthalle Hamburg from September 17, 1974.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Gliesnitz/Switzerland (gifted from the artist around 1944).
Private collection Switzerland (inherited from the above in 1988).
Called up: June 10, 2023 - ca. 15.40 h +/- 20 min.
Shortly after his friend, the painter Willy Jaeckel, was killed in an air raid in Berlin in January 1944, Hermann Max Pechstein wrote: "But now I've decided (..) to go to some other place where I can do my own work, otherwise I'll lose my courage. After all, I'm a painter!" (quoted from: Aya Soika, Max Pechstein. The catalog raisonné of oil paintings, Volume II, Munich 2011, p. 32). At the end of March he left Berlin behind and set out for Leba in Western Pomerania. Nevertheless, his life was still marked by great hardships and it becomes clear how difficult it was for the artist to find a way to paint and to get the necessary materials. Only a few paintings from this deprived period around 1944/45 are known or have been preserved. For 1944, Aya Soika's catalogue raisonné only mentions the present painting. In August the same year, Pechstein and his wife Marta were forced to work on the defense line "Pommernwall", employed under the most difficult conditions until the end of September, he had no opportunity to paint at all. It was not before March 1944 that he would find a retreat at Gut Gliesnitz for a short time, where he looked after the house of the owner friend for several weeks. A stay that inspired him to make his painting "Forellenteich in Gliesnitz" (Gliesnitz Trout Pond). Whether the work was created on site or at another point in time cannot be reconstructed with certainty. With the balanced composition and his preference for blue-green effects, Pechstein created a peaceful scenery that seems to stand in stark contrast to the difficult living conditions at the time of its creation. He left the painting as a gift to the family of the estate’s owner, where it has survived to this day and is now offered on the art market for the very first time. [AR]
310
Hermann Max Pechstein
Forellenteich in Gliesnitz, Wohl 1944.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 44,000 - 66,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hermann Max Pechstein "Forellenteich in Gliesnitz"
This lot can be subjected to differential taxation plus a 7% import tax levy (saving approx. 5 % compared to regular taxation) or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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.
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 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.
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.