156
Markus Raetz
Keep smiling, 1966.
Mixed media. Synthetic resin on a wooden panel ...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,600 - 44,800
156
Markus Raetz
Keep smiling, 1966.
Mixed media. Synthetic resin on a wooden panel ...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 33,600 - 44,800
Markus Raetz
1941 - 2020
Keep smiling. 1966.
Mixed media. Synthetic resin on a wooden panel with four glued-on plywood elements.
Signed and dated “July 12, Dec. 7 1966” on the reverse. 90.8 x 101 x 14 cm (35.7 x 39.7 x 5.5 in). [EH].
• Markus Raetz is one of Switzerland’s most significant contemporary artists.
• His artworks require the viewer to engage with the entire space and thus to move through it.
• In 2023, the Kunstmuseum Bern will dedicate a comprehensive retrospective to him.
• Participant in documenta 4 (1968), documenta 5 (1972), and documenta 7 (1982).
• In 1988, Markus Raetz presented his work at the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Felix Handschin, Basel.
Private collection, Germany (1967, from the above)
Galerie Haas, Berlin
Swiss collection (2018, from the above).
EXHIBITION: Markus Raetz. Works 1960–1986, Kunsthaus Zürich, June 12–August 17, 1986; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, December 7, 1986–January 4, 1987; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, April 25–June 7, 1987, cat. no. 34.
LITERATURE: Online catalogue raisonné, SIKARTLEXIKON: recherche.sik-isea.ch/de/sik:work-14196819/in/catalogues.raetz/work/tiles?0.0.type=work&0.0.q=Keep%20Smiling&0.type=work (accessed Oct. 12, 2026).
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Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 19, 2014, lot 732 (with color illustration).
Galerie Haas, Berlin/Zurich, 2016, cat. p. 67 (with color illustration).
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.14 h +/- 20 min.
1941 - 2020
Keep smiling. 1966.
Mixed media. Synthetic resin on a wooden panel with four glued-on plywood elements.
Signed and dated “July 12, Dec. 7 1966” on the reverse. 90.8 x 101 x 14 cm (35.7 x 39.7 x 5.5 in). [EH].
• Markus Raetz is one of Switzerland’s most significant contemporary artists.
• His artworks require the viewer to engage with the entire space and thus to move through it.
• In 2023, the Kunstmuseum Bern will dedicate a comprehensive retrospective to him.
• Participant in documenta 4 (1968), documenta 5 (1972), and documenta 7 (1982).
• In 1988, Markus Raetz presented his work at the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Felix Handschin, Basel.
Private collection, Germany (1967, from the above)
Galerie Haas, Berlin
Swiss collection (2018, from the above).
EXHIBITION: Markus Raetz. Works 1960–1986, Kunsthaus Zürich, June 12–August 17, 1986; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, December 7, 1986–January 4, 1987; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, April 25–June 7, 1987, cat. no. 34.
LITERATURE: Online catalogue raisonné, SIKARTLEXIKON: recherche.sik-isea.ch/de/sik:work-14196819/in/catalogues.raetz/work/tiles?0.0.type=work&0.0.q=Keep%20Smiling&0.type=work (accessed Oct. 12, 2026).
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Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 19, 2014, lot 732 (with color illustration).
Galerie Haas, Berlin/Zurich, 2016, cat. p. 67 (with color illustration).
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.14 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Markus Raetz "Keep smiling"
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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