Sale: 541 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 09. 2023 in Munich Lot 196

 

196
Donald Judd
Untitled, 1961-1963.
Woodcut in azure
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000

 
$ 16,500 - 22,000

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Untitled. 1961-1963/ 1969.
Woodcut in azure.
Jitta/Schellmann 73. Signed and with the date "4/6/69", the number "# 2/2" and inscribed with, among others, "13-R". Once more inscribed with the motif number "13-R" on the reverse. One of 2 copies aside from an edition of 12. On firm paper. 64 x 40.5 cm (25.1 x 15.9 in). Sheet: 77,5 x 55,9 cm (30,5 x 22 in).
From an edition of 12 woodcuts.
Printed by Roy C. Judd and published by the artist. [JS].
• Particularly fine document of American Minimal Art, of which Judd has been the main protagonist since the 1960s.
• Rich de-luxe copy, published by the artist aside from the edition of 12 copies published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich.
• Very rare. To date only two other copies of this motif have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• The 13 parallelogram pictures, which Judd made between 1961 and 1963, and of which he also made 26 laterally reversed woodcuts, are key works of Judd's Minimal-Art
.

PROVENANCE: Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 2005).

"In the years 1961-1963 an impressive series of 26 woodcuts was created. It consists of 13 images and their respective mirror images. All are printed in cadmium red. Twelve blocks are then printed again in cerulan blue (cat. no. 37- 74). The picture is no longer a rectangle with horizontals and verticals. It is a parallelogram—the general class of forms in which the rectangle is a specific variant of form. In each print, the parallelogram has the same dimensions, is placed at the center of the picture and is articulated by vertical lines demarcated by a line that runs parallel to the bottom edge of the parallelogram. Sometimes the line is broken, sometimes it is solid. The parallelogram is closely associated with Judd's object investigations, which are motivated by the desire to create things without appearances."
Jitta/Schellman, Donald Judd. Prints and works in editions, Cologne/New York 1993, p. 33.

Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 15.08 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Donald Judd "Untitled"
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.

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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.