Lot 166
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Piero Dorazio
Esmeralda III, 1960.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,200 - 104,400
Piero Dorazio
1927 - 2005
Esmeralda III. 1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas, as well as inscribed with the work number “183,” presumably by a hand other than the artist’s. Stamped by Studio Piero Dorazio on the stretcher, there inscribed “183” by hand. 61 x 46.2 cm (24 x 18.1 in). [CH].
• With a multitude of diagonal, intersecting lines in a single color, Dorazio creates a fascinating, vibrant structure.
• Sensual and analytical: the numerous freehand, almost impasto lines stand in direct contrast to the simplicity of the pictorial idea and its strict, analytical logic.
• Part of a private collection in Berlin for 40 years.
• In the year of its creation, the artist participated in the XXX Biennale di Venezia with numerous works, and took part in documenta II in Kassel in 1959.
• In the 1950s and 1960s, Dorazio traveled to the United States on several occasions, where he met Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and others, through whom he became acquainted with Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting.
• Between 1960 and 1969, the artist taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the renowned School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
• In his painstakingly thought-out, painterly patterns from this creative phase, Dorazio found a very individual alternative to the gestural painting of the Abstract Expressionists.
Accompanied by a photo certificate issued by the Archivio Piero Dorazio on October 6, 2025. The work is documented in the Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1986).
LITERATURE: Brera Arte, Milan, Arte contemporanea. Per una collezione, October 28, 1986, lot 97.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.28 h +/- 20 min.
1927 - 2005
Esmeralda III. 1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas, as well as inscribed with the work number “183,” presumably by a hand other than the artist’s. Stamped by Studio Piero Dorazio on the stretcher, there inscribed “183” by hand. 61 x 46.2 cm (24 x 18.1 in). [CH].
• With a multitude of diagonal, intersecting lines in a single color, Dorazio creates a fascinating, vibrant structure.
• Sensual and analytical: the numerous freehand, almost impasto lines stand in direct contrast to the simplicity of the pictorial idea and its strict, analytical logic.
• Part of a private collection in Berlin for 40 years.
• In the year of its creation, the artist participated in the XXX Biennale di Venezia with numerous works, and took part in documenta II in Kassel in 1959.
• In the 1950s and 1960s, Dorazio traveled to the United States on several occasions, where he met Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and others, through whom he became acquainted with Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting.
• Between 1960 and 1969, the artist taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the renowned School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
• In his painstakingly thought-out, painterly patterns from this creative phase, Dorazio found a very individual alternative to the gestural painting of the Abstract Expressionists.
Accompanied by a photo certificate issued by the Archivio Piero Dorazio on October 6, 2025. The work is documented in the Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1986).
LITERATURE: Brera Arte, Milan, Arte contemporanea. Per una collezione, October 28, 1986, lot 97.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.28 h +/- 20 min.
166
Piero Dorazio
Esmeralda III, 1960.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,200 - 104,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Piero Dorazio "Esmeralda III"
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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