Lot 173 
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173
Rupprecht Geiger
Schwarze Form vor Blau, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 55,000 - 77,000
Schwarze Form vor Blau. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Dornacher/Geiger 184. Signed on the reverse. 100.5 x 95.5 cm (39.5 x 37.5 in).
In the artist's original frame. [AM].
• An early painting by Rupprecht Geiger characterized by a powerful modulation and a gentle oscillation between the color values.
• Two years after this work was made, Geiger had his first documenta participation.
• Paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s count among the most sough-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
We are grateful to Mrs Julia Geiger, Geiger Archive, Munich, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Helmut Kötz Collection.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Bilder 1957/58, Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich, November 7 - December 8, 1958, cat. no. 5 (with the label on the reverse).
Deutscher Künstlerbund. Achte Ausstellung, Essen, May 17 - June 13, 1958, cat. no. 56 (titled "OE 305", with the label on the reverse),
Rupprecht Geiger. Rot Form, Kunstverein Brunswick, October 20, 1989 - January 7, 1990.
Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 14.37 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on canvas.
Dornacher/Geiger 184. Signed on the reverse. 100.5 x 95.5 cm (39.5 x 37.5 in).
In the artist's original frame. [AM].
• An early painting by Rupprecht Geiger characterized by a powerful modulation and a gentle oscillation between the color values.
• Two years after this work was made, Geiger had his first documenta participation.
• Paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s count among the most sough-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
We are grateful to Mrs Julia Geiger, Geiger Archive, Munich, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Helmut Kötz Collection.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Bilder 1957/58, Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich, November 7 - December 8, 1958, cat. no. 5 (with the label on the reverse).
Deutscher Künstlerbund. Achte Ausstellung, Essen, May 17 - June 13, 1958, cat. no. 56 (titled "OE 305", with the label on the reverse),
Rupprecht Geiger. Rot Form, Kunstverein Brunswick, October 20, 1989 - January 7, 1990.
Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 14.37 h +/- 20 min.
The formally reduced paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s make up a special group of works in Rupprecht Geiger's early oeuvre. In addition to circular forms, he put focus on the rectangle as a field of even distribution in works from this phase is, which is enhanced by gentle color modulations to form a meditative color space. In contrast to the later creations, which were mostly in neon tones, the palette around 1960 was still dominated by warm red and differentiated blue tones, which often appeared in combination, but also in isolation from one another.
In the painting offered here from 1957, Geiger intensifies the color blue, which is so important in his oeuvre, through the use of black and brown tones. He places them in a powerful tension, with which the gently oscillating blue appears all the more radiant due to the clearly defined rectangular shape. The color field within the rectangle, which is vaguely reminiscent of an oval, increases the visual cohesion. The desired reduction in form, which Geiger continued to push, especially in the course of the 1960s, led him to a composition of particular clarity in "Schwarze Form vor Blau" (1957). The intention to increase the expressive potential of the color and ultimately to let it become effective as an autonomous force, can be felt intensively in this painting. [AM]
In the painting offered here from 1957, Geiger intensifies the color blue, which is so important in his oeuvre, through the use of black and brown tones. He places them in a powerful tension, with which the gently oscillating blue appears all the more radiant due to the clearly defined rectangular shape. The color field within the rectangle, which is vaguely reminiscent of an oval, increases the visual cohesion. The desired reduction in form, which Geiger continued to push, especially in the course of the 1960s, led him to a composition of particular clarity in "Schwarze Form vor Blau" (1957). The intention to increase the expressive potential of the color and ultimately to let it become effective as an autonomous force, can be felt intensively in this painting. [AM]
173
Rupprecht Geiger
Schwarze Form vor Blau, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 55,000 - 77,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Rupprecht Geiger "Schwarze Form vor Blau"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 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 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 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 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 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.