Lot 143 
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Joseph Beuys
Hasenstein, 1982.
Multiple. Basalt stone with golden spray paint ...
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 42,800 - 64,200
Hasenstein. 1982.
Multiple. Basalt stone with golden spray paint and painted in pink.
Signed, numbered and inscribed oin the side. From an edition of 7 large stones. 35 x 110 x 33 cm (13.7 x 43.3 x 12.9 in).
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg. [KT].
• Extraordinary materiality and monumentality.
• Beuys is a master of complex symbolism: the combination of the color gold, the hare and the primal basalt rock make up his inimitable mythology.
• In his first highly acclaimed performance in 1965, "Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt" (How to explain the pictures to the dead hare) as well as in "Goldhase" at documenta VII in 1982 , Beuys made gold and the hare a central motif in his work.
• Very rarely offered on the auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE:
Private collection Berlin.
EXHIBITION:
Beuys - Lehmbruck: Denken ist Plastik, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, June 25 - November 20, 2021, pp. 66-67 (double-page illu.).
LITERATURE:
Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys. Die Multiples: Werkverzeichnis der Auflagenobjekte und Druckgraphik 1965-1986, Munich/New York 1992, no. 460 B (illu., diferent cop).
"For me, the hare is a symbol of incarnation, because the hare does in reality what humans can only do in thought. It digs itself in, it digs its hole. It incarnates into the ground, and that alone is important. That's how it appears to me."
Quoted from Götz Adriani et al, Joseph Beuys Leben und Werk, Cologne 1984, p. 155.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 14.28 h +/- 20 min.
Multiple. Basalt stone with golden spray paint and painted in pink.
Signed, numbered and inscribed oin the side. From an edition of 7 large stones. 35 x 110 x 33 cm (13.7 x 43.3 x 12.9 in).
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg. [KT].
• Extraordinary materiality and monumentality.
• Beuys is a master of complex symbolism: the combination of the color gold, the hare and the primal basalt rock make up his inimitable mythology.
• In his first highly acclaimed performance in 1965, "Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt" (How to explain the pictures to the dead hare) as well as in "Goldhase" at documenta VII in 1982 , Beuys made gold and the hare a central motif in his work.
• Very rarely offered on the auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE:
Private collection Berlin.
EXHIBITION:
Beuys - Lehmbruck: Denken ist Plastik, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, June 25 - November 20, 2021, pp. 66-67 (double-page illu.).
LITERATURE:
Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys. Die Multiples: Werkverzeichnis der Auflagenobjekte und Druckgraphik 1965-1986, Munich/New York 1992, no. 460 B (illu., diferent cop).
"For me, the hare is a symbol of incarnation, because the hare does in reality what humans can only do in thought. It digs itself in, it digs its hole. It incarnates into the ground, and that alone is important. That's how it appears to me."
Quoted from Götz Adriani et al, Joseph Beuys Leben und Werk, Cologne 1984, p. 155.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 14.28 h +/- 20 min.
143
Joseph Beuys
Hasenstein, 1982.
Multiple. Basalt stone with golden spray paint ...
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 42,800 - 64,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Joseph Beuys "Hasenstein"
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.