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418
Erich Heckel
Männerbildnis, 1919.
Woodcut in colors
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 26,750 - 37,450
Männerbildnis. 1919.
Woodcut in colors.
Ebner/Gabelmann 739 H III B (of III B). Dube H 318 III B (of III B). Signed and with the hand-written printer's note of Fritz Voigt "gedr. F. Voigt". One of 15 known copies from the unnumbered edition published by Graphisches Kabinett I. B. Neumann, Berlin, with the printer's note of Fritz Voigt. 46 x 32.5 cm (18.1 x 12.7 in). Sheet: 59 x 47 cm (23,2 x 18,5 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin, around 1920/21 and published by 'Verlag Graphisches Kabinett I. B. Neumann', Berlin. [CH].
• A milestone in the graphic art of Expressionism.
• High-contrast print in black, blue, green and ochre with an almost painterly application of color and a print quality that distinguishes all known copies from the three printing states.
• Probably the most important self-portrait in the artist's oeuvre.
• The angular, expressive formal language is reminiscent of Heckel's "Brücke" style before World War I.
• In 1963 on the poster for the comprehensive exhibition of prints at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, mounted on the occasion of Heckel's 80th birthday, and in 2015 on the cover of the exhibition catalog "Max Kaus - Erich Heckel. Eine Künstlerfreundschaft" at the Brücke-Museum Berlin.
• Other copies of this print are in museums like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Brücke-Museum in Berlin and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
The work is not subject to any claims on the part of the city of Düsseldorf or the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.
We are grateful to Christiane Jungklaus, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, for her research and her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Buller Collection, Duisburg.
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (with the stamp on the reverse and the hand-written inventory number. Acquired from the above in 194, until before 1954/55: Lost during an exhibition in Italy).
Galerie Günther Franke, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1972).
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: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2 (1914-1968), Munich 2021, no. 739 H, pp. 104f.
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Krieg und Frieden vor 30 Jahren, Expressionistische und nach-expressionistische Druckgraphik, Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Düsseldorf 1947, p. 9.
Katja Schneider, Moderne und Gegenwart. Das Kunstmuseum in Halle, Munich 2008, p. 127 (illu.)
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 306, SHG no. 466 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 215, SHG no. 487 (illu.).
"The woodcut head is printed from two plates, first black, then the second plate, which is painted in two colors with a brush."
Erich Heckel about the making of this woodcut in a letter to Gustav Schiefler from January 17, 1920.
"Line and surface in harmony with color capture the self-portrait with the naturalness and absolute certainty of great mastery."
Dr. Annemarie Dube-Heynig, author of the catalogue raisonné of Erich Heckel's prints, quoted from: ex. cat. Erich Heckel, Museum Folkwang, Essen / Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1983/84, p. 65.
Called up: June 8, 2024 - ca. 17.24 h +/- 20 min.
Woodcut in colors.
Ebner/Gabelmann 739 H III B (of III B). Dube H 318 III B (of III B). Signed and with the hand-written printer's note of Fritz Voigt "gedr. F. Voigt". One of 15 known copies from the unnumbered edition published by Graphisches Kabinett I. B. Neumann, Berlin, with the printer's note of Fritz Voigt. 46 x 32.5 cm (18.1 x 12.7 in). Sheet: 59 x 47 cm (23,2 x 18,5 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin, around 1920/21 and published by 'Verlag Graphisches Kabinett I. B. Neumann', Berlin. [CH].
• A milestone in the graphic art of Expressionism.
• High-contrast print in black, blue, green and ochre with an almost painterly application of color and a print quality that distinguishes all known copies from the three printing states.
• Probably the most important self-portrait in the artist's oeuvre.
• The angular, expressive formal language is reminiscent of Heckel's "Brücke" style before World War I.
• In 1963 on the poster for the comprehensive exhibition of prints at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, mounted on the occasion of Heckel's 80th birthday, and in 2015 on the cover of the exhibition catalog "Max Kaus - Erich Heckel. Eine Künstlerfreundschaft" at the Brücke-Museum Berlin.
• Other copies of this print are in museums like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Brücke-Museum in Berlin and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
The work is not subject to any claims on the part of the city of Düsseldorf or the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.
We are grateful to Christiane Jungklaus, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, for her research and her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Buller Collection, Duisburg.
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (with the stamp on the reverse and the hand-written inventory number. Acquired from the above in 194, until before 1954/55: Lost during an exhibition in Italy).
Galerie Günther Franke, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1972).
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: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2 (1914-1968), Munich 2021, no. 739 H, pp. 104f.
--
Krieg und Frieden vor 30 Jahren, Expressionistische und nach-expressionistische Druckgraphik, Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Düsseldorf 1947, p. 9.
Katja Schneider, Moderne und Gegenwart. Das Kunstmuseum in Halle, Munich 2008, p. 127 (illu.)
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 306, SHG no. 466 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 215, SHG no. 487 (illu.).
"The woodcut head is printed from two plates, first black, then the second plate, which is painted in two colors with a brush."
Erich Heckel about the making of this woodcut in a letter to Gustav Schiefler from January 17, 1920.
"Line and surface in harmony with color capture the self-portrait with the naturalness and absolute certainty of great mastery."
Dr. Annemarie Dube-Heynig, author of the catalogue raisonné of Erich Heckel's prints, quoted from: ex. cat. Erich Heckel, Museum Folkwang, Essen / Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1983/84, p. 65.
Called up: June 8, 2024 - ca. 17.24 h +/- 20 min.
418
Erich Heckel
Männerbildnis, 1919.
Woodcut in colors
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 26,750 - 37,450
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Erich Heckel "Männerbildnis"
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.