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Imi Knoebel
Nummer 1 B - 8 B, 2011.
Acrylic on aluminum, 8 parts
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 89,600 - 134,400
261
Imi Knoebel
Nummer 1 B - 8 B, 2011.
Acrylic on aluminum, 8 parts
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 89,600 - 134,400
Imi Knoebel
1940
Nummer 1 B - 8 B. 2011.
Acrylic on aluminum, 8 parts.
Signed “Imi” and dated on the reverse of one of the panels. Each panel has a label on the reverse, that is typographically titled and inscribed. Up to: 38.4 x 27.3 cm (15.1 x 10.7 in). Total dimensions ca. 38,4 x 338,2 x 115,3 x 133,14 x 0,39
[JS].
• Minimalist aesthetics at their finest.
• Repetition and variation: Knoebel translates the artistic principle of pop art into abstract painting.
• Multi-part composition as a principle: Knoebel’s multi-part works, in particular, bring his serial concept to life.
• Metallic hardness & painterly brushwork: Through his delicate brushstrokes, Knoebel envelops the smooth aluminum surface in a soft “painterly incarnate.”
• Most recently, Knoebel’s works were on view in “Imi Knoebel. Green Flag” at White Cube, Hong Kong (2023), and in “Balance” at the Hamburger Bahnhof, National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022).
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s studio.
Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin (directly from the above)
From a Bavarian collection (2016, from the above).
LITERATURE: Imi Knoebel. Werke 1966–2014, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Oct. 26, 2014–Feb. 15, 2015, cat. no. 45 (with illustration, here titled “Number 1–8”).
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.34 h +/- 20 min.
1940
Nummer 1 B - 8 B. 2011.
Acrylic on aluminum, 8 parts.
Signed “Imi” and dated on the reverse of one of the panels. Each panel has a label on the reverse, that is typographically titled and inscribed. Up to: 38.4 x 27.3 cm (15.1 x 10.7 in). Total dimensions ca. 38,4 x 338,2 x 115,3 x 133,14 x 0,39
[JS].
• Minimalist aesthetics at their finest.
• Repetition and variation: Knoebel translates the artistic principle of pop art into abstract painting.
• Multi-part composition as a principle: Knoebel’s multi-part works, in particular, bring his serial concept to life.
• Metallic hardness & painterly brushwork: Through his delicate brushstrokes, Knoebel envelops the smooth aluminum surface in a soft “painterly incarnate.”
• Most recently, Knoebel’s works were on view in “Imi Knoebel. Green Flag” at White Cube, Hong Kong (2023), and in “Balance” at the Hamburger Bahnhof, National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022).
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s studio.
Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin (directly from the above)
From a Bavarian collection (2016, from the above).
LITERATURE: Imi Knoebel. Werke 1966–2014, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Oct. 26, 2014–Feb. 15, 2015, cat. no. 45 (with illustration, here titled “Number 1–8”).
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.34 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Imi Knoebel "Nummer 1 B - 8 B"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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.
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.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
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.
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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