Lot 194 
Raumbeispiel
194
Jean Fautrier
Tête, 1935.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 15,000
$ 13,920 - 17,400
Jean Fautrier
1898 - 1964
Tête. 1935.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the upper left. 26.8 x 19 cm (10.5 x 7.4 in).
• One of only eight paintings the pioneer of Informalism created in 1935.
• For financial reasons, Fautrier worked as a ski instructor in Tignes in 1935.
• In the mid-1930s, Jean Fautrier developed a highly structured, scriptural style.
• With this treatment of materials, he paved the way for artists such as Tapiés, Dubuffet, and Schumacher.
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Private collection, Paris ( inherited from the above in 1964).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1994, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin).
EXHIBITION: Jean Fautrier, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, May 25–September 24, 1989, cat. no. 71 (with ill.; with the label).
From the holdings of Galerie Michael Haas, Art Basel, June 15–20, 1994.
LITERATURE: Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris 2023, CR no. 488 (illustrated).
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Giorgio Galansino, Jean Fautrier, a chronology of his early paintings, Chicago 1973, no. 111.
Marcel-André Stalter, Recherches sur la vie et l’oeuvre de Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) et leurs commencements à 1940. Essai de catalogue méthodique et d’interprétation, Paris 1982, no. 503.
"Fautrier, on the other hand, did not really become abstract; the reference to representational art remained recognizable even in the titles of his works. That is why I felt much closer to Fautrier, who was a hero to me. "
Georg Baselitz, 2022 (in: Marie-José Lefort 2023, p. 13)
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.05 h +/- 20 min.
1898 - 1964
Tête. 1935.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the upper left. 26.8 x 19 cm (10.5 x 7.4 in).
• One of only eight paintings the pioneer of Informalism created in 1935.
• For financial reasons, Fautrier worked as a ski instructor in Tignes in 1935.
• In the mid-1930s, Jean Fautrier developed a highly structured, scriptural style.
• With this treatment of materials, he paved the way for artists such as Tapiés, Dubuffet, and Schumacher.
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Private collection, Paris ( inherited from the above in 1964).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1994, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin).
EXHIBITION: Jean Fautrier, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, May 25–September 24, 1989, cat. no. 71 (with ill.; with the label).
From the holdings of Galerie Michael Haas, Art Basel, June 15–20, 1994.
LITERATURE: Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris 2023, CR no. 488 (illustrated).
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Giorgio Galansino, Jean Fautrier, a chronology of his early paintings, Chicago 1973, no. 111.
Marcel-André Stalter, Recherches sur la vie et l’oeuvre de Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) et leurs commencements à 1940. Essai de catalogue méthodique et d’interprétation, Paris 1982, no. 503.
"Fautrier, on the other hand, did not really become abstract; the reference to representational art remained recognizable even in the titles of his works. That is why I felt much closer to Fautrier, who was a hero to me. "
Georg Baselitz, 2022 (in: Marie-José Lefort 2023, p. 13)
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.05 h +/- 20 min.
194
Jean Fautrier
Tête, 1935.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 15,000
$ 13,920 - 17,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Jean Fautrier "Tête"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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.
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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