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Willi Baumeister
Nächtliche Phantome, 1951.
Oil, synthetic resin and tempera on fiberboard,...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 31,800 - 42,400
Nächtliche Phantome. 1951.
Oil, synthetic resin and tempera on fiberboard, mounted on white-primed fiberboard by the artist.
Signed and dated upper right. Signed, dated twice, titled "Nächtliche Fantome" and "Nightly Phantoms" in German and English on the reverse and inscribed with the dimensions. 22.5 x 65.1 cm (8.8 x 25.6 in). Fiberboard: 28,6 x 71,5 cm (11,2 x 28,1 in).
[CH].
• A work from Baumeister's group "Wachstum und Wind (Growth and Wind, 1949-1953) that is strongly reduced in form and color and yet suggestive.
• Baumeister dissolved any memory of figuration and created calligraphic, sign-like fabric structures in this work.
• With the reduced use of color and the light overpainting or the omission of dark areas of color, Baumeister invented new forms of his idea of the positive-negative effect, which he had conceived long before.
• Will Grohmann shows a painting from this group of works on the cover of the first catalogue raisonné (Cologne 1963).
• Further works from this small, important series can be found in, among others, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Secession in Vienna and the Buffalo AKG Art Gallery, New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 2000).
LITERATURE: Peter Beye/Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Catalog raisonné of paintings, vol. II, Ostfildern 2002, p. 668, no. 1693 (black-and-white illu.).
Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, 85th auction, November 25, 2000, lot 425 (fig.).
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.01 h +/- 20 min.
Oil, synthetic resin and tempera on fiberboard, mounted on white-primed fiberboard by the artist.
Signed and dated upper right. Signed, dated twice, titled "Nächtliche Fantome" and "Nightly Phantoms" in German and English on the reverse and inscribed with the dimensions. 22.5 x 65.1 cm (8.8 x 25.6 in). Fiberboard: 28,6 x 71,5 cm (11,2 x 28,1 in).
[CH].
• A work from Baumeister's group "Wachstum und Wind (Growth and Wind, 1949-1953) that is strongly reduced in form and color and yet suggestive.
• Baumeister dissolved any memory of figuration and created calligraphic, sign-like fabric structures in this work.
• With the reduced use of color and the light overpainting or the omission of dark areas of color, Baumeister invented new forms of his idea of the positive-negative effect, which he had conceived long before.
• Will Grohmann shows a painting from this group of works on the cover of the first catalogue raisonné (Cologne 1963).
• Further works from this small, important series can be found in, among others, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, the Secession in Vienna and the Buffalo AKG Art Gallery, New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 2000).
LITERATURE: Peter Beye/Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Catalog raisonné of paintings, vol. II, Ostfildern 2002, p. 668, no. 1693 (black-and-white illu.).
Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, 85th auction, November 25, 2000, lot 425 (fig.).
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.01 h +/- 20 min.
" It become apparent that the pictures mostly consist of superimposed layers only on closer examination, a lower layer that is black or iridescent throughout, and an upper layer that can be interpreted as an 'overpainting', from which the forms that define the picture and largely dissolve at the edges are left out. This process of 'recessing' (Baumeister), already tried and tested in the sports pictures of the 1930s, has evolved, however, in that the 'underpainting' often already bears pictorial traits, but is only transformed into the final pictorial form through the recesses of the overpainting. This is easily overlooked, as the dynamic structure of the pictures could have grown out of a spontaneous process, but is in fact based on a process that Baumeister himself - alluding to the effect of the overpainting as 'background' - calls 'reverse painting'."
Peter Beye, in: Peter Beye/Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Werkkatalog der Gemälde, vol. I, Ostfildern 2002, p. 19.
Peter Beye, in: Peter Beye/Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Werkkatalog der Gemälde, vol. I, Ostfildern 2002, p. 19.
101
Willi Baumeister
Nächtliche Phantome, 1951.
Oil, synthetic resin and tempera on fiberboard,...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 31,800 - 42,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Willi Baumeister "Nächtliche Phantome"
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.