Sale 5472
London
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21 June 2012
Price realised
GBP 51,650
Estimate
Paul Kleinschmidt (1883-1949) Fischerboote in Cassis signed with the monogram and dated 'P.Kl.31.' (lower right) oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 31¾ in. (65.2 x 81.5 cm.) Painted in 1931
Provenance
Eric Cohn, New York. The artist's collection. Private collection, Germany. Acquired by the present owner in 2008.
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Literature
B. Lipps-Kant, Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949, Tübingen, 1977, no. 162.
Exhibited
Cologne, Kunstverein, 1952, no. 26. Karlsruhe, Kunstverein, 1959, no. 39. Tübingen, Kunstverein, 1968, no. 11.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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