Lot 116 
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A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
Ohne Titel, 1968.
Oil on fibreboard
Estimate:
€ 35,000 - 45,000
$ 38,500 - 49,500
Ohne Titel. 1968.
Oil on fibreboard.
Jensen 1.310. Lower left monogrammed "R". 27.3 x 54.3 cm (10.7 x 21.3 in). [CH].
• The artist adopted the sobriquet A. R. Penck in 1967.
• Early works from the 1960s are very rare on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Wih signs, symbols, letters, as well as early appearances of his stick figures and animals, Penck created a whole new pictorial language, a sort of artistic diagram.
• Logic and systematics behind A. R. Penck's sign language are unqiue in German post-war art.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg.
Private collection Great Britain (acquired from the above in 1978).
Ever since family-owned.
LITERATURE: Ulf Jensen (ed.), A.R. Penck. Malerei 1953-1977 (catalogue raisonné), vol. 1, Cologne 2023, cat. no. 1.310 (with black-and-white illu.).
Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 13.21 h +/- 20 min.
Oil on fibreboard.
Jensen 1.310. Lower left monogrammed "R". 27.3 x 54.3 cm (10.7 x 21.3 in). [CH].
• The artist adopted the sobriquet A. R. Penck in 1967.
• Early works from the 1960s are very rare on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Wih signs, symbols, letters, as well as early appearances of his stick figures and animals, Penck created a whole new pictorial language, a sort of artistic diagram.
• Logic and systematics behind A. R. Penck's sign language are unqiue in German post-war art.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg.
Private collection Great Britain (acquired from the above in 1978).
Ever since family-owned.
LITERATURE: Ulf Jensen (ed.), A.R. Penck. Malerei 1953-1977 (catalogue raisonné), vol. 1, Cologne 2023, cat. no. 1.310 (with black-and-white illu.).
Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 13.21 h +/- 20 min.
The time of origin is crucial for Ralf Winkler, who in 1967 chooses the pseudonym A. R. Penck, under which he achieved worldwide over the following decades. Penck lived in the GDR, where the repressions of the system determined his art. He was interested in scientific discourses and the search for new pictorial forms. He saw images as a means of communication that can be understood by everyone but should not be one-dimensionally decipherable. In the early years, he described his art as "Standart" and developed a complex concept that aims to explore new pictorial forms. In a kind of painterly diagram, he assembled signs, symbols, letters, but also early forms of his stick figures and the eagle in what appears to be a mathematical sequence in these early picture. The letter T appears twice, suggesting the formulation of a theory, but ultimately no clear message emerges. Does the artist provide us with secret codes to put the unspeakable into pictorial formulation? A lot had to remain hidden back then. Penck quickly became a legend in the West, too, when Michael Werner showed the so-called Standart pictures at Galerie Hake in Cologne for the first time in 1968. The true identity of the artist, however, is officially kept secret. Works from these years still form the basis of his entire artistic work today. [SN]
116
A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler)
Ohne Titel, 1968.
Oil on fibreboard
Estimate:
€ 35,000 - 45,000
$ 38,500 - 49,500
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for A. R. Penck (d.i. Ralf Winkler) "Ohne Titel"
This lot can be subjected to differential taxation plus a 7% import tax levy (saving approx. 5 % compared to regular taxation) 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.