Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 553.43

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553.43
Christian Rohlfs
Schmiede in Erling/Alte Schmiede, 1920.
Water-tempera and chalks on firm paper
Post auction sale: € 6,000 / $ 6,300
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Schmiede in Erling/Alte Schmiede. 1920.
Water-tempera and chalks on firm paper.
Lower right monogrammed and dated. 37 x 55.5 cm (14.5 x 21.8 in), the full sheet.
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• On his travels between 1920 and 1926, Rohlfs found new sources of inspiration and developed style entirely carried by color.
• Wonderful example from this period, created in Erling on Lake Ammer.
• Part of the Deutsche Bank Collection for more than 50 years and offered on the international auction market for the first time
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Accompanied by a written certificate from the Christian Rohlfs Archive at the Osthaus Museum, Hagen, dated April 22, 2024.

PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Privately owned.
G. and E. Steffens, London.
Art dealer Karl Vonderbank, Frankfurt a. Main.
Deutsche Bank Collection (acquired from the above in 1971).

LITERATURE: Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Recklinghausen 1958, no. 1920/70.




553.43
Christian Rohlfs
Schmiede in Erling/Alte Schmiede, 1920.
Water-tempera and chalks on firm paper
Post auction sale: € 6,000 / $ 6,300
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Buyer's premium and taxation for Christian Rohlfs "Schmiede in Erling/Alte Schmiede"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation.

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.