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Alberto Burri
Legno P 1, 1958.
Oil, Wood veneer and glue on canvas
Estimate:
€ 900,000 - 1,200,000
$ 981,000 - 1,308,000
Legno P 1. 1958.
Oil, Wood veneer and glue on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse, titled on the stretcher. 100 x 85.5 cm (39.3 x 33.6 in). [JS].
• Burris's early, progressive material paintings in wood, iron, or jute are among the most influential in European post-war art.
• The famous wood-based “Legni” are among the most internationally sought-after works by the Italian artist.
• From the renowned Galleria Blu in Milan, also representing Lucio Fontana in the late 1950s, to a private collection in the Rhineland.
• Most recently part of a German private collection of international post-war art for over 30 years and on permanent loan at the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
• The Guggenheim Museum, New York, honored Burri's pioneering oeuvre with the retrospective “Alberto Burri. The Trauma of Painting” (2015/16).
• Today, Burri's material pictures from the 1950s are part of significant international collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Galleria Blu, Milan (with the stamp on the stretcher).
Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne (with the gallery's label on the stretcher).
Klaus Gebhard Collection (1896-1976), Wuppertal (ca. 1963).
Private collection, Hesse (since 1993: Christie's).
EXHIBITION: Alberto Burri, Galerie d'Art Moderne Marie Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Feb./March 1959, no. 3.
Mostra di Alberto Burri, Galleria La Loggia, Bologna, May 1959 (illuistrated on p. 1).
Burri, Wiener Sezession, Vienna, July/Aug. 1959, no. 17.
The 1950s. Aspekte und Tendenzen, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Sept.-Nov. 1977, no. 31.
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (1993-2018, permanent loan).
LITERATURE: Cesare Brandi, Burri, Rome 1963, cataloguie raisonné plate 68 (illustrated in b/w).
Burri: Contributions to the Systematic Catalogue, Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Citta di Castello 1990, S. 440f., catalogue raisonné no. 1891 (illustrated).
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Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, December 2, 1993, lot 26.
"This major retrospective exhibition—the first in the United States in more than 35 years and the most comprehensive ever mounted—showcases the pioneering work of Italian artist Alberto Burri (1915–1995). Exploring the beauty and complexity of Burri’s process-based works, the exhibition positions the artist as a central and singular protagonist of post–World War II art."
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, on the retrospective exhibition: Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting, October 9, 2015 - January 6, 2016
Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 18.38 h +/- 20 min.
Oil, Wood veneer and glue on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse, titled on the stretcher. 100 x 85.5 cm (39.3 x 33.6 in). [JS].
• Burris's early, progressive material paintings in wood, iron, or jute are among the most influential in European post-war art.
• The famous wood-based “Legni” are among the most internationally sought-after works by the Italian artist.
• From the renowned Galleria Blu in Milan, also representing Lucio Fontana in the late 1950s, to a private collection in the Rhineland.
• Most recently part of a German private collection of international post-war art for over 30 years and on permanent loan at the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
• The Guggenheim Museum, New York, honored Burri's pioneering oeuvre with the retrospective “Alberto Burri. The Trauma of Painting” (2015/16).
• Today, Burri's material pictures from the 1950s are part of significant international collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Galleria Blu, Milan (with the stamp on the stretcher).
Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne (with the gallery's label on the stretcher).
Klaus Gebhard Collection (1896-1976), Wuppertal (ca. 1963).
Private collection, Hesse (since 1993: Christie's).
EXHIBITION: Alberto Burri, Galerie d'Art Moderne Marie Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Feb./March 1959, no. 3.
Mostra di Alberto Burri, Galleria La Loggia, Bologna, May 1959 (illuistrated on p. 1).
Burri, Wiener Sezession, Vienna, July/Aug. 1959, no. 17.
The 1950s. Aspekte und Tendenzen, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Sept.-Nov. 1977, no. 31.
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (1993-2018, permanent loan).
LITERATURE: Cesare Brandi, Burri, Rome 1963, cataloguie raisonné plate 68 (illustrated in b/w).
Burri: Contributions to the Systematic Catalogue, Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Citta di Castello 1990, S. 440f., catalogue raisonné no. 1891 (illustrated).
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Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, December 2, 1993, lot 26.
"This major retrospective exhibition—the first in the United States in more than 35 years and the most comprehensive ever mounted—showcases the pioneering work of Italian artist Alberto Burri (1915–1995). Exploring the beauty and complexity of Burri’s process-based works, the exhibition positions the artist as a central and singular protagonist of post–World War II art."
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, on the retrospective exhibition: Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting, October 9, 2015 - January 6, 2016
Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 18.38 h +/- 20 min.
Burri's work represents a decisive artistic restart after the Second World War, a courageous œuvre that provided a clear counterpoint to the gestural trends of the time, be it European Informalism or American Action Painting. Burri almost entirely refuses to use color in his artworks and rigorously rejects any painterly style as a gestural signature. With all its disturbing consistency, everything that characterized this bold new beginning in Burri's art of the 1950s finds paradigmatic expression in the present work "Legno P1". From the legendary Galleria Blu in Milan, which also represented Lucio Fontana at this time, "Legno P1" was sold through the Cologne gallery Änne Abels to the collection of the Rhineland businessman Klaus Gebhard before it was eventually sold to an outstanding German private collection of international post-war modernism at auction in London in 1993. [JS]
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Alberto Burri
Legno P 1, 1958.
Oil, Wood veneer and glue on canvas
Estimate:
€ 900,000 - 1,200,000
$ 981,000 - 1,308,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Alberto Burri "Legno P 1"
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.