Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 503.31


503.31
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Russische Landschaft, 1919.
Woodcut
Post auction sale: € 6,000 / $ 6,300
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Russische Landschaft. 1919.
Woodcut.
Signed and inscribed with the work number "191". 39 x 49.7 cm (15.3 x 19.5 in). Sheet: 53 x 69,7 cm (20,9 x 27,4 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin.
The work is registered in the Hermann Gerlinger Collection under the number SHG 175 a. [CH].
• Schmidt-Rottluff's graphic depictions of Russian landscapes were only created in Berlin after impressions of the Russian countryside gained during the First World War.
• Large sheet in an expressive formal language.
• With characteristically clear contours, angular shapes and dynamic lines, Schmidt-Rottluff created a composition in an almost ornamental style.
• Rare: only two other copies have been offered on the international auction market in the past 30 years (source: artprice.com)
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PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired in 2010).

EXHIBITION: Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, p. 47, no. H 236 (illu., plate vol.).





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Karl Schmidt-Rottluff "Russische Landschaft"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential 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.