Lot 132 
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132
Gerhard Hoehme
Schwarz-Pölzig, 1956.
Mixed media on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 19,800 - 26,400
Schwarz-Pölzig. 1956.
Mixed media on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed and dated as well as titled and inscribed with a direction arrow on the reverse. 55 x 70 cm (21.6 x 27.5 in).
[AR].
• "Alles ist Schwarz!" (Everything is black) claimed Gerhard Hoehme in 1955/56.
• During this period the artist examined aspects and shades of black in complex compositions characterized by a strong surface appeal.
• The artist reinvented himself time and again, later white increasingly gained in importance.
• Gerhard Hoehme is a main representative of German Informalism and creator of some of the most complex works of German Post War Art.
The work is registered in the artist's complete catalog raisonné, as well as at the Gerhard and Margarete Hoehme-Foundation, Düsseldorf. We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Die Erfindung der Abstraktion, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf - Akademie Galerie, Düsseldorf, October 20, 2016 - January 29, 2017.
"Lava Black. Midnight Black. Bone Ash Black.
Velvet Black. Carbon black. Slate Black.
(..)
Black isn't aesthetic, it's substantial.
(..)
Black is the sum of all colors.
Everything is black!"
Gerhard Hoehme, Schwarze Bilder, 1955/56, quoted from: Margarete Hoehme, G.Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Hatje Verlag, Ostfildern 1998, p.505.
Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 13.42 h +/- 20 min.
Mixed media on canvas.
Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed and dated as well as titled and inscribed with a direction arrow on the reverse. 55 x 70 cm (21.6 x 27.5 in).
[AR].
• "Alles ist Schwarz!" (Everything is black) claimed Gerhard Hoehme in 1955/56.
• During this period the artist examined aspects and shades of black in complex compositions characterized by a strong surface appeal.
• The artist reinvented himself time and again, later white increasingly gained in importance.
• Gerhard Hoehme is a main representative of German Informalism and creator of some of the most complex works of German Post War Art.
The work is registered in the artist's complete catalog raisonné, as well as at the Gerhard and Margarete Hoehme-Foundation, Düsseldorf. We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Die Erfindung der Abstraktion, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf - Akademie Galerie, Düsseldorf, October 20, 2016 - January 29, 2017.
"Lava Black. Midnight Black. Bone Ash Black.
Velvet Black. Carbon black. Slate Black.
(..)
Black isn't aesthetic, it's substantial.
(..)
Black is the sum of all colors.
Everything is black!"
Gerhard Hoehme, Schwarze Bilder, 1955/56, quoted from: Margarete Hoehme, G.Hoehme. Catalogue Raisonné, Hatje Verlag, Ostfildern 1998, p.505.
Called up: June 9, 2023 - ca. 13.42 h +/- 20 min.
132
Gerhard Hoehme
Schwarz-Pölzig, 1956.
Mixed media on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 19,800 - 26,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Gerhard Hoehme "Schwarz-Pölzig"
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.