Lot 329 
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Emil Schumacher
Melan, 1961.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Emil Schumacher
1912 - 1999
Melan. 1961.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Titled on the reverse of the stretcher, as well as inscribed "top" and with a direction arrow. 89 x 117 cm (35 x 46 in).
In the artist's original frame. [AW].
• Striking work in the typical style of Informalism.
• Emil Schumacher liberates the color from the form and the line from the representational motif.
• During the period between 1959 and 1963, Schumacher participated in documenta II and III, the 30th Venice Biennale, and the 7th São Paulo Biennial.
• Works by the artist can be found in the collections of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Vatican Museums, Rome, among others.
PROVENANCE: Galleria La Medusa, Rome (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since ca. 1985).
EXHIBITION: Biennale Internazionale D'Arte 2. Artisti Austriaci Svizzeri Tedeschi. Operanti in Italia dal 1945 al 1970, Lignano 1970 (with two exhibition labels on the reverse).
VII. Bienal de São Paulo, Brasilien, September to December 1963, cat. no. 7 (with the exhibition label on the reverse).
Emil Schumacher, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, cat. no. 189 (with the exhibition label on the reverse).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 18.05 h +/- 20 min.
1912 - 1999
Melan. 1961.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Titled on the reverse of the stretcher, as well as inscribed "top" and with a direction arrow. 89 x 117 cm (35 x 46 in).
In the artist's original frame. [AW].
• Striking work in the typical style of Informalism.
• Emil Schumacher liberates the color from the form and the line from the representational motif.
• During the period between 1959 and 1963, Schumacher participated in documenta II and III, the 30th Venice Biennale, and the 7th São Paulo Biennial.
• Works by the artist can be found in the collections of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Vatican Museums, Rome, among others.
PROVENANCE: Galleria La Medusa, Rome (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since ca. 1985).
EXHIBITION: Biennale Internazionale D'Arte 2. Artisti Austriaci Svizzeri Tedeschi. Operanti in Italia dal 1945 al 1970, Lignano 1970 (with two exhibition labels on the reverse).
VII. Bienal de São Paulo, Brasilien, September to December 1963, cat. no. 7 (with the exhibition label on the reverse).
Emil Schumacher, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, cat. no. 189 (with the exhibition label on the reverse).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 18.05 h +/- 20 min.
329
Emil Schumacher
Melan, 1961.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Emil Schumacher "Melan"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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