Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 381

 

381
Günther Uecker
Graphein, 2002.
Book in 42 parts with 12 embossed prints in the...
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 25,000

 
$ 22,000 - 27,500

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Graphein. 2002.
Book in 42 parts with 12 embossed prints in the original plexiglass slipcase.
Signed and dated in the imprint, each of the 12 embossed prints is signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 10 Roman numbered copies. Embossing prints on firm handmade wove paper. Prints: 70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 in), each size of sheet. Slipcase:
Typographic design by Hans-Peter Willberg. Published by Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, and Edouard Weiss, Paris, 2022. Lacking the 3 sheets of texts by Günter Uecker. [EH].

• Günther Uecker celebrates writing as an act of painting and drawing at the same time.
• The twelve large-format prints transfer his nail fields' highly dynamic structure of movement to a print medium.
• Günther Uecker took part in documenta II and IV in 1964 and 1968
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE: Dorothea und Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker. Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960-2005, ed. by Britta Julia Dombrowe, Mainz 2007, no. L 0203.

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 17.33 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Günther Uecker "Graphein"
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.