Lot 151
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Peter Brüning
Ohne Titel, Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,400 - 69,600
Peter Brüning
1929 - 1970
Ohne Titel. Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas.
Inscribed “B 1961” and with a direction arrow on the reverse of the stretcher. With the estate stamp on the stretcher and twice on the canvas. 80 x 98 cm (31.4 x 38.5 in). [KA].
• Brüning at his best: calligraphic “gestural signs,” dramatic red-ochre-black contrasts, and a direct urgency of expression.
• Another work from the same year fetched the highest price ever for a Brüning painting (source: artprice.com).
• 1959, 1964, and 1968: Participation in documenta II, III, and IV in Kassel.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for nearly 40 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Marie-Luise Otten for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Christie's).
EXHIBITION: Peter Brüning, Galerie Elke und Werner Zimmer, Düsseldorf, September 6-October 7, 1978, no. cat. number. (illustrated in black and white, no. p.).
LITERATURE: Marie-Luise Otten, Peter Brüning - Studien zu Entwicklung und Werk. Catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1988, CR no. 546 (illustrated in black and white on p. 395).
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Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, June 26, 1986, lot 59 (illustrated in color on p. 43).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.08 h +/- 20 min.
1929 - 1970
Ohne Titel. Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas.
Inscribed “B 1961” and with a direction arrow on the reverse of the stretcher. With the estate stamp on the stretcher and twice on the canvas. 80 x 98 cm (31.4 x 38.5 in). [KA].
• Brüning at his best: calligraphic “gestural signs,” dramatic red-ochre-black contrasts, and a direct urgency of expression.
• Another work from the same year fetched the highest price ever for a Brüning painting (source: artprice.com).
• 1959, 1964, and 1968: Participation in documenta II, III, and IV in Kassel.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for nearly 40 years.
We are grateful to Dr. Marie-Luise Otten for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (acquired in 1986, Christie's).
EXHIBITION: Peter Brüning, Galerie Elke und Werner Zimmer, Düsseldorf, September 6-October 7, 1978, no. cat. number. (illustrated in black and white, no. p.).
LITERATURE: Marie-Luise Otten, Peter Brüning - Studien zu Entwicklung und Werk. Catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1988, CR no. 546 (illustrated in black and white on p. 395).
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Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, June 26, 1986, lot 59 (illustrated in color on p. 43).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 14.08 h +/- 20 min.
151
Peter Brüning
Ohne Titel, Um 1963.
Oil and color chalk on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,400 - 69,600
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Peter Brüning "Ohne Titel"
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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