253
Richard Oelze
Gedankenstätte, 1959.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 50,000

 
$ 35,100 - 58,500

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253
Richard Oelze
Gedankenstätte, 1959.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 50,000

 
$ 35,100 - 58,500

+
 

Richard Oelze
1900 - 1980

Gedankenstätte. 1959.
Oil on canvas.
80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in). [EH].

• Ambiguous forms in nebulous pictorial worlds characterize the work of this German surrealist.
• Works from the 1950s are among the artist’s most striking pieces.
• He participated in documenta II in 1959, the year the work was made, and documenta III (1964) in Kassel, as well as in the Venice Biennale in 1968.
• Works by Richard Oelze are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate
Private collection, Lower Saxony (obtained from the above).

EXHIBITION: Große Kunstausstellung Munich 1959, no. 624 (not illustrated) (with a label on the stretcher).

Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 16.24 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Richard Oelze "Gedankenstätte"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % 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 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 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.

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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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