Sale: 553 / Contemporary Day Sale, June 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 113

 

113
Rupprecht Geiger
OE 264, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000

 
$ 74,900 - 96,300

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OE 264. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the strether, signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the dimensions on the stretcher. 175 x 145 cm (68.8 x 57 in). [AW].

• Red is the most important color in Geiger's oeuvre.
• Powerful modulation in an early painting by Rupprecht Geiger that is captivating for its gentle oscillation between different color values.
• Paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com)
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Retrospektive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, February 10 - March 17, 1985; Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen a. Rh., April 14 - June 2, 1985; Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, June 21 - July 21, 1985, cat. no. 67.

LITERATURE: Rupprecht Geiger Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, no. 211 (illu. in color on p. 94).

Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 13.48 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Rupprecht Geiger "OE 264"
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 €.
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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.