Lot 268 
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Günter Fruhtrunk
Struktur I, 1961/62.
Vinyl on fiberboard
Post auction sale: € 30,000 / $ 34,800
Günter Fruhtrunk
1923 - 1982
Struktur I. 1961/62.
Vinyl on fiberboard.
Signed, dated, and titled “Struktur u. Rotakzente” (Structure and Red Accents), inscribed with a direction arrow, direction indication, the location “Paris,” as well as the letters “E,” “H,” “G,” and “F”. 117 x 120 cm (46 x 47.2 in).
[MH].
• An icon of popular culture: in 1970, Günter Fruhtrunk designed the famous Aldi shopping bag.
• A work that is characteristic of his abstract geometric visual language.
• From his early Paris period, the work shows Fruhtrunk's final departure from rigid constructivism toward his unique concrete style.
• In 2023/24, the Lenbachhaus in Munich honored the artist with an exhibition.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Austria (since 2024, Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand, France).
LITERATURE: Silke Reiter, Günter Fruhtrunk. Catalogue raisonné of paintings. 1952–1982, Berlin 2018, CR no. 249 (illustrated).
1923 - 1982
Struktur I. 1961/62.
Vinyl on fiberboard.
Signed, dated, and titled “Struktur u. Rotakzente” (Structure and Red Accents), inscribed with a direction arrow, direction indication, the location “Paris,” as well as the letters “E,” “H,” “G,” and “F”. 117 x 120 cm (46 x 47.2 in).
[MH].
• An icon of popular culture: in 1970, Günter Fruhtrunk designed the famous Aldi shopping bag.
• A work that is characteristic of his abstract geometric visual language.
• From his early Paris period, the work shows Fruhtrunk's final departure from rigid constructivism toward his unique concrete style.
• In 2023/24, the Lenbachhaus in Munich honored the artist with an exhibition.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Austria (since 2024, Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand, France).
LITERATURE: Silke Reiter, Günter Fruhtrunk. Catalogue raisonné of paintings. 1952–1982, Berlin 2018, CR no. 249 (illustrated).
268
Günter Fruhtrunk
Struktur I, 1961/62.
Vinyl on fiberboard
Post auction sale: € 30,000 / $ 34,800
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Günter Fruhtrunk "Struktur I"
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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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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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.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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