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Konrad Klapheck
Lamento, 1986.
Charcoal on transparent paper
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 88,000 - 132,000
Lamento. 1986.
Charcoal on transparent paper.
Signed in the lower right. Dated, titled and inscribed on the reverse. 151 x 102 cm (59.4 x 40.1 in). The work served as a preparatory drawing for the painting "Lamento" (1986) of the same format, which we sold successfully in our Evening Sale in December 2023. [JS].
• Preliminary drawing in the same format for Klapheck's painting "Lamento" (1986): a modern trompe-l'œil and at the same time a masterpiece full of existential questions.
• Rich in detail and executed with a painterly approach, this drawing was made in preparation for the painting in the same format "Lamento" (1986) (auctioned by Ketterer Kunst in December 2023).
• In his large-scale "preparatory drawings," Klapheck developed his consummate compositions in their original size from a complex structure of lines before transferring them to the canvas.
• While Klapheck's paintings fascinate with their utmost perfection, Klapheck's preparatory drawings" are unique testimonies to a meticulous and complex creative process.
PROVENANCE: Jahn und Jahn, Munich.
White Cube, London.
Private collection, London.
From a Swiss collection.
EXHIBITION: The Way You Read a Book is Different to How I Tell You a Story, Jahn und Jahn , Munich 2018.
The Real: Three Propositions, White Cube, London 2019.
salondergegenwart 2023, Hamburg, no place, 2023, p. 51 (illu.).
"At first, the drawing merely serves as a preparatory step [..]. At times, they have their very own charm, but that doesn't mean they should be deemed superior or inferior to the finished painting."
Konrad Klapheck, 2007
Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 17.04 h +/- 20 min.
Charcoal on transparent paper.
Signed in the lower right. Dated, titled and inscribed on the reverse. 151 x 102 cm (59.4 x 40.1 in). The work served as a preparatory drawing for the painting "Lamento" (1986) of the same format, which we sold successfully in our Evening Sale in December 2023. [JS].
• Preliminary drawing in the same format for Klapheck's painting "Lamento" (1986): a modern trompe-l'œil and at the same time a masterpiece full of existential questions.
• Rich in detail and executed with a painterly approach, this drawing was made in preparation for the painting in the same format "Lamento" (1986) (auctioned by Ketterer Kunst in December 2023).
• In his large-scale "preparatory drawings," Klapheck developed his consummate compositions in their original size from a complex structure of lines before transferring them to the canvas.
• While Klapheck's paintings fascinate with their utmost perfection, Klapheck's preparatory drawings" are unique testimonies to a meticulous and complex creative process.
PROVENANCE: Jahn und Jahn, Munich.
White Cube, London.
Private collection, London.
From a Swiss collection.
EXHIBITION: The Way You Read a Book is Different to How I Tell You a Story, Jahn und Jahn , Munich 2018.
The Real: Three Propositions, White Cube, London 2019.
salondergegenwart 2023, Hamburg, no place, 2023, p. 51 (illu.).
"At first, the drawing merely serves as a preparatory step [..]. At times, they have their very own charm, but that doesn't mean they should be deemed superior or inferior to the finished painting."
Konrad Klapheck, 2007
Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 17.04 h +/- 20 min.
"I try to give my pictures a smooth surface, and I want them to look as if they were not made by the hand of a human being. I coat my passions with ice to give them greater permanence." (K. Klapheck, quoted from Konrad Klapheck, ex. cat. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 1974, p. 36.) Thus, it is solely the drawings by Klapheck that allow a glimpse of the spontaneity and immediacy of the quest toward the painterly realization of these human passions. Despite their high degree of graphic perfection, they are the only documents that still bear the artistic signature, which is entirely concealed in Klapheck's "super-representational" paintings. What makes Klapheck's work so fascinating is the unique objectivity of the depiction in combination with alienating elements and titles that often evoke associations with human emotions, causing the viewer's perception to oscillate between closeness and distance. Unlike Pop Art pieces, Klapheck's works are not reduced to their pure object nature, their industrial serial character; instead, Klapheck creates distinctive character objects that provoke a broad range of associations and emotions and thus become symbols of our human existence. Like an umbilical cord, the hose in Klapheck's “Lamento” winds its way through the boundaries of a fire extinguisher's box; made in the year of his mother's death, it becomes a modern symbol of our lives. [JS]
Konrad Klapheck, Lamento, 1986, oil on canvas, sold by Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 545, 8 December 2023. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
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Konrad Klapheck
Lamento, 1986.
Charcoal on transparent paper
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 88,000 - 132,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Konrad Klapheck "Lamento"
This lot can be subjected to differential taxation plus a 7% import tax levy (saving approx. 5 % compared to regular taxation) 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.