50
Georg Baselitz
Waldweg, 1974.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 700,000 - 900,000
$ 812,000 - 1,044,000
Waldweg. 1974.
Oil on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. 190 x 97 cm (74.8 x 38.1 in).
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In the picture "Der Wald auf dem Kopf" (Forest Upside-Down ) from 1969, today at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Baselitz rotated the image by 180 degrees for the very first time.
• Works like "Waldweg“ (1974) from the series of the "Fingermalerei" (Finger Painting) are extremely rare and realize top prices on the international auction market.
• Georg Baselitz donated six pictures from the late 1960s to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In 2021 they were part of the exhibition "Georg Baselitz. Pivotal Turn".
• Currently (October 2021 - March 2022), the Centre Pompidou in Paris honors Georg Baselitz with a comprehensive retrospective show.
• A personal gift from Baselitz to his artist friend A. R. Penck.
PROVENANCE: A.R. Penck (as present from the artist.
Galerie Onnach, Berlin.
First Bank, Minneapolis.
Jan Eric Löwenadler, New York/ Stockholm.
Private collection Hamburg.
Galerie Ropac, Salzburg.
Private collection Northern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Georg Baselitz: Paintings Bilder 1962-1988, Runkel-Hue-Williams, Ltd./ Grob Gallery, London, September 19 - November 2. 1990, pp. 36/ 37 (color illu.) and p. 70 (black-and-white illu.).
Andere Ansichten, Galerie Terminus, Munich, January- February 2005.
Georg Baselitz, Vonderbank Artgalleries, Berlin, March 17 - April 26, 2006, p. 10 (with illu.)
Georg Baselitz. Arbeiten aus europäischen Sammlungen, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, November 9 - January 11, 2020, cat. no. 38 (with illu.)
Georg Baselitz. I Was Born into a Destroyed Order, Michael Werner Gallery, London, September 11 - December 5, 2020, cat. no. 23, pp. 48/ 49 (with illu.).
LITERATURE: Christie' s, London, October 24, 1996, lot 119.
Sotheby' s, New York, November 14, 2012, lot 334.
"The hierarchy that places heaven at the top and earth at the bottom is just a convention anyway. We've gotten used to them, but we don't have to believe in them. The only thing that interests me is the question of how I can continue to paint pictures."
Georg Baselitz
Called up: June 10, 2022 - ca. 18.38 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. 190 x 97 cm (74.8 x 38.1 in).
•
In the picture "Der Wald auf dem Kopf" (Forest Upside-Down ) from 1969, today at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Baselitz rotated the image by 180 degrees for the very first time.
• Works like "Waldweg“ (1974) from the series of the "Fingermalerei" (Finger Painting) are extremely rare and realize top prices on the international auction market.
• Georg Baselitz donated six pictures from the late 1960s to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In 2021 they were part of the exhibition "Georg Baselitz. Pivotal Turn".
• Currently (October 2021 - March 2022), the Centre Pompidou in Paris honors Georg Baselitz with a comprehensive retrospective show.
• A personal gift from Baselitz to his artist friend A. R. Penck.
PROVENANCE: A.R. Penck (as present from the artist.
Galerie Onnach, Berlin.
First Bank, Minneapolis.
Jan Eric Löwenadler, New York/ Stockholm.
Private collection Hamburg.
Galerie Ropac, Salzburg.
Private collection Northern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Georg Baselitz: Paintings Bilder 1962-1988, Runkel-Hue-Williams, Ltd./ Grob Gallery, London, September 19 - November 2. 1990, pp. 36/ 37 (color illu.) and p. 70 (black-and-white illu.).
Andere Ansichten, Galerie Terminus, Munich, January- February 2005.
Georg Baselitz, Vonderbank Artgalleries, Berlin, March 17 - April 26, 2006, p. 10 (with illu.)
Georg Baselitz. Arbeiten aus europäischen Sammlungen, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, November 9 - January 11, 2020, cat. no. 38 (with illu.)
Georg Baselitz. I Was Born into a Destroyed Order, Michael Werner Gallery, London, September 11 - December 5, 2020, cat. no. 23, pp. 48/ 49 (with illu.).
LITERATURE: Christie' s, London, October 24, 1996, lot 119.
Sotheby' s, New York, November 14, 2012, lot 334.
"The hierarchy that places heaven at the top and earth at the bottom is just a convention anyway. We've gotten used to them, but we don't have to believe in them. The only thing that interests me is the question of how I can continue to paint pictures."
Georg Baselitz
Called up: June 10, 2022 - ca. 18.38 h +/- 20 min.
50
Georg Baselitz
Waldweg, 1974.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 700,000 - 900,000
$ 812,000 - 1,044,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Georg Baselitz "Waldweg"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 500,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 500,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 500,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,500,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,500,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 500,000 €: herefrom 25 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 500,000 € is subject to a premium of 20% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 500,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,500,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,500,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
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 artists who passed away 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 500,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 500,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 500,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,500,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,500,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 500,000 €: herefrom 25 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 500,000 € is subject to a premium of 20% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 500,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,500,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,500,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
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 artists who passed away 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.