Lot 503.28 
503.28
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Selbstbildnis, 1914.
Woodcut
Post auction sale: € 7,000 / $ 7,350
Selbstbildnis. 1914.
Woodcut.
Signed and dated. Bottom center titled, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist. On brownish Zanders laid paper (with the watermark). 36.1 x 29.8 cm (14.2 x 11.7 in). Sheet: 53,3 x 42,6 cm (21 x 16,8 in).
Printed by Panpresse, Berlin, and by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [CH].
• Distinctive self-portrait of the great Expressionist, masterfully reduced to just the core characteristics.
• It bears the signature and the radical formal language of the “Brücke”, which had disbanded only the year before.
• Self-portraits are extremely rare, not only in the graphic oeuvre, but in Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's entire oeuvre.
• In the past ten years, only three copies of this woodcut have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1961, with the purchase number on a label on the reverse).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
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-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. H 153 (illu., plate vol.).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 370f., SHG no. 618 (illu. on p. 371).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 70f., SHG no. 130 (illu.).
Woodcut.
Signed and dated. Bottom center titled, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist. On brownish Zanders laid paper (with the watermark). 36.1 x 29.8 cm (14.2 x 11.7 in). Sheet: 53,3 x 42,6 cm (21 x 16,8 in).
Printed by Panpresse, Berlin, and by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [CH].
• Distinctive self-portrait of the great Expressionist, masterfully reduced to just the core characteristics.
• It bears the signature and the radical formal language of the “Brücke”, which had disbanded only the year before.
• Self-portraits are extremely rare, not only in the graphic oeuvre, but in Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's entire oeuvre.
• In the past ten years, only three copies of this woodcut have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1961, with the purchase number on a label on the reverse).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
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-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. H 153 (illu., plate vol.).
- -
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 370f., SHG no. 618 (illu. on p. 371).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 70f., SHG no. 130 (illu.).
503.28
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Selbstbildnis, 1914.
Woodcut
Post auction sale: € 7,000 / $ 7,350
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Karl Schmidt-Rottluff "Selbstbildnis"
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.
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.