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Konrad Klapheck
Die Fragen der Sphinx, 1984.
Charcoal and blue pen on transparent paper
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 42,800 - 64,200
Die Fragen der Sphinx. 1984.
Charcoal and blue pen on transparent paper.
Signed and dated in lower left. 121 x 114 cm (47.6 x 44.8 in), the full sheet.
Preliminary drawing in same size for the painting "Die Fragen der Sphinx" (1984), today on loan at the Musée de Grenoble from an important corportae collection. [JS].
• Klapheck is renowned as the inventor and master of the "machine picture", which he sees as a mirror of human existence.
• Exhibited together with the painting of the same title in the "Konrad Klapheck/Gustave Moreau" exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris in 2008.
• While Klapheck's "super-representational" paintings fascinate with their maximum perfection, Klapheck's "preliminary drawings" are unique testimonies to the underlying, meticulous complex creative process.
• Klapheck's drawings are the "witnesses of [his] struggle with their sweaty smell of desperate searching and groping" (K. Klapheck, 1982).
PROVENANCE: Art dealer Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf (with the label on the frame).
Private collecton North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1991).
EXHIBITION: Konrad Klapheck/Gustave Moreau, Musée d`Orsay, Paris, June 3 - September 14, 2008.
Konrad Klapheck 2007, in: Bilder und Texte, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 138.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 14.39 h +/- 20 min.
Charcoal and blue pen on transparent paper.
Signed and dated in lower left. 121 x 114 cm (47.6 x 44.8 in), the full sheet.
Preliminary drawing in same size for the painting "Die Fragen der Sphinx" (1984), today on loan at the Musée de Grenoble from an important corportae collection. [JS].
• Klapheck is renowned as the inventor and master of the "machine picture", which he sees as a mirror of human existence.
• Exhibited together with the painting of the same title in the "Konrad Klapheck/Gustave Moreau" exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris in 2008.
• While Klapheck's "super-representational" paintings fascinate with their maximum perfection, Klapheck's "preliminary drawings" are unique testimonies to the underlying, meticulous complex creative process.
• Klapheck's drawings are the "witnesses of [his] struggle with their sweaty smell of desperate searching and groping" (K. Klapheck, 1982).
PROVENANCE: Art dealer Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf (with the label on the frame).
Private collecton North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1991).
EXHIBITION: Konrad Klapheck/Gustave Moreau, Musée d`Orsay, Paris, June 3 - September 14, 2008.
Konrad Klapheck 2007, in: Bilder und Texte, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 138.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 14.39 h +/- 20 min.
150
Konrad Klapheck
Die Fragen der Sphinx, 1984.
Charcoal and blue pen on transparent paper
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 42,800 - 64,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Konrad Klapheck "Die Fragen der Sphinx"
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.