Sale: 541 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 09. 2023 in Munich Lot 190

 

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Stephan Balkenhol
Vier Kopfreliefs, Frauen, 1994.
Reliefs. Poplar, in colors, 4 parts
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000

 
$ 22,000 - 33,000

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Vier Kopfreliefs, Frauen. 1994.
Reliefs. Poplar, in colors, 4 parts.
Each signed and dated on the reverse. Each ca. 25 x 25 x 4.5 cm (9.8 x 9.8 x 1.7 in). Total dimensions: 50 x 50 x 4,5 cm (19,7 x 19,7 x 1,7 in).

• Part of the same private collection since 1995.
• Characteristic symbiosis of wood work and painting, the rough surface bespeak the manual treatment and contribute to the high recognition value.
• Multi-part reliefs are extremely rare on the international auction market.
• The present work was part of international museum solo shows: in 1994 at the Neue Nationalgalerie, State Museums Berlin and in 2006/07 in travelling exhibition with stop in Baden-Baden, Duisburg and Salzburg
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam.
Private collection Hamburg/Berlin (acquired from the above in 1995).

EXHIBITION: Stephan Balkenhol. Skulpturen, Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, August 31 - October 30, 1994, p. 22 (with color illu.).
Stephan Balkenhol, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, July 15 - September 17, 2006, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, September 28, 2006 - January 28, 2007, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Mönchsberg, February 17 - June 24, 2007, p. 193 (with color illu.).

"I don't want to make a statement in the sense that I degrade the figures to bearers of a message, instead I leave it open and give observers the opportunity to perhaps learn about themselves - in the mirror of the figure."
Stephan Balkenhol in a video for the exhibition "Stephan Balkenhol. Neue Skulpturen" at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, August 28 - October 28, 2017.

Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 15.00 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Stephan Balkenhol "Vier Kopfreliefs, Frauen"
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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.

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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.

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