Lot 142 
Raumbeispiel
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Franz Gertsch
Vera, 1994.
Woodcut in colors in orange (vermilion, flower ...
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,200 - 104,400
Franz Gertsch
1930 - 2022
Vera. 1994.
Woodcut in colors in orange (vermilion, flower color (yellow from Kyoto), pine needle charcoal).
Signed and numbered on the reverse. From an edition of 24 hand-printed copies. On Kumohadamashi Japan paper by Heizaburo Iwano. 105 x 91 cm (41.3 x 35.8 in). Sheet: 125 x 107 cm (49,2 x 42,1 in).
Printed by Franz Gertsch, Nik Hausmann, Maria Gertsch, and Jürg Kretz. Published by Franz Gertsch. Each print is unique in color. The printing plate is in the estate of Franz Gertsch. [AW].
• Large-format woodcut in unique colors with a one-of-a-kind character.
• The highest art of printing on valuable Kumohadamashi Japan paper.
• Until November 2024, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk honored the artist, who died in 2022, with a comprehensive retrospective.
• Franz Gertsch's portraits are among the artist's most sought-after woodcuts on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
We are grateful to the Gertsch family, Bern, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen (eds.), Franz Gertsch. Holzschnitte. Aus der Natur gerissen, mit einem Register der Druckgraphik 1972-2008 as a provisional catalogue raisonné by Rainer Michael Mason, Cologne 2013, CR no. 19 B (illustrated in b/w on p. 122, different copy).
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Götz Adriani (ed.), Franz Gertsch. Geheimnis Natur, Ostfildern 2013, p. 11 (different copy).
Rainer Michael Mason, Franz Gertsch. Visages paysages, Vevey 2017, p. 27 (different copy).
Anna Wesle (ed.), Louisiana visits Franz Gertsch: post-war and contemporary art in dialog, Berlin 2024, p. 105 (different copy).
Franz Gertsch, Gedankengänge durch Vorstellung und Natur, in: Andrea Firmenich, Franz Gertsch. Holzschnitte. Aus der Natur gerissen, Cologne 2013, pp. 19-23, here p. 21.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 13.56 h +/- 20 min.
1930 - 2022
Vera. 1994.
Woodcut in colors in orange (vermilion, flower color (yellow from Kyoto), pine needle charcoal).
Signed and numbered on the reverse. From an edition of 24 hand-printed copies. On Kumohadamashi Japan paper by Heizaburo Iwano. 105 x 91 cm (41.3 x 35.8 in). Sheet: 125 x 107 cm (49,2 x 42,1 in).
Printed by Franz Gertsch, Nik Hausmann, Maria Gertsch, and Jürg Kretz. Published by Franz Gertsch. Each print is unique in color. The printing plate is in the estate of Franz Gertsch. [AW].
• Large-format woodcut in unique colors with a one-of-a-kind character.
• The highest art of printing on valuable Kumohadamashi Japan paper.
• Until November 2024, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk honored the artist, who died in 2022, with a comprehensive retrospective.
• Franz Gertsch's portraits are among the artist's most sought-after woodcuts on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
We are grateful to the Gertsch family, Bern, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen (eds.), Franz Gertsch. Holzschnitte. Aus der Natur gerissen, mit einem Register der Druckgraphik 1972-2008 as a provisional catalogue raisonné by Rainer Michael Mason, Cologne 2013, CR no. 19 B (illustrated in b/w on p. 122, different copy).
- -
Götz Adriani (ed.), Franz Gertsch. Geheimnis Natur, Ostfildern 2013, p. 11 (different copy).
Rainer Michael Mason, Franz Gertsch. Visages paysages, Vevey 2017, p. 27 (different copy).
Anna Wesle (ed.), Louisiana visits Franz Gertsch: post-war and contemporary art in dialog, Berlin 2024, p. 105 (different copy).
Franz Gertsch, Gedankengänge durch Vorstellung und Natur, in: Andrea Firmenich, Franz Gertsch. Holzschnitte. Aus der Natur gerissen, Cologne 2013, pp. 19-23, here p. 21.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 13.56 h +/- 20 min.
142
Franz Gertsch
Vera, 1994.
Woodcut in colors in orange (vermilion, flower ...
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 81,200 - 104,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Franz Gertsch "Vera"
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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