Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 503.37

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503.37
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Akt mit Obstschale, 1911.
Woodcut
Post auction sale: € 5,000 / $ 5,250
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Akt mit Obstschale. 1911.
Woodcut.
Not in Schapire. Gerlinger H 11-1. With printer's note and the number "1/1 gedruckt am 22.8.94 von Gunter Ullrich". Only to date known copy. On fine Japon. 33 x 27.7 cm (12.9 x 10.9 in). Sheet: 62,8 x 47 cm (24,7 x 18,5 in).
Print from 1994. The associated wooden block is also part of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection: cf. Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 50, SHG no. 74 (with illu.). [CH].
• Only to date known proof of the reverse side of a printing block executed on both sides, which is also part of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection (SHG no. 74).
• In their prints, Schmidt-Rottluff and the "Brücke" artists were able to express their new and unconventional concept of art and breathed new life into the then little popular medium.
• In those years the female nude in the studio was one of the main "Brücke" motifs, as they created a novel and groundbreaking interpretation of the female nude as an independent pictoirial element
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PROVENANCE: 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: Hermann Gerlinger, Ergänzungen zu den Werkkatalogen von Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, in: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, cat. no. H 11-1, p. 37 (with illu.).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 223, SHG no. 297 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 50, SHG no. 75 (with illu.).





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Karl Schmidt-Rottluff "Akt mit Obstschale"
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.

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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.

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