Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich Lot 246

 

246
David Yarrow
The Witness, 2020.
Black and white photograph. Archival pigment print
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000

 
$ 21,000 - 31,500

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The Witness. 2020.
Black and white photograph. Archival pigment print.
Signed, dated "August 2020" and numbered. From an edition f 12 copies. On matt-finished photo paper. 94 x 150.5 cm (37 x 59.2 in). Sheet (visible area): 99 x 155,5 cm (39 x 61,2 in).
Shot in Kenya in 2020. Printed by BowHaus in Los Angeles. Frame: 132.5 x 188.7 cm (52.2 x 74.3 in). [CH].

• David Yarrow first made a name for himself in the 1980s as a sports photographer for the London Times, with the famous photograph of Diego Maradona after the final of the World Cup in Mexico City in 1986.
• The artist became established as a world-renowned nature photographer only years later, especially over the past ten years .
• With his unique works, he documents nature from completely new perspectives and shows the animal world in expressive, mostly monochrome photographs that get particularly close to the motif.
• Due to his services to the conservation of nature and philanthropic charities, the artist became an ambassador for the African Community and Conservation Foundation (ACCF) in the year the present photograph was shot
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With a certificate of authenticity by David Yarrow Photography, issued in August 2020.

PROVENANCE: Maddox Gallery, London.
Private collection Hesse (acquired from the above).

"It was quite a busy evening alone on the ground underneath Kilimanjaro [..]. I had my moment and the temptation later that night was to crop out the elephant on the right. After all, the charging bull is coming right towards me and is almost symmetrical to the mountain – so perhaps less was more. But we went back and forth with both options, and we all agreed to keep the smaller elephant in the final crop. [..] the elephant to the right adds a sense of scale to the big bull [..]. So, whilst I am an advocate of the power of reductivism, hence my preference for monochrome, we thought it best to show this memorable capture in its widest frame. There is perhaps that little bit more compositional balance this way than in the tight portrait."
David Yarrow about the photograph offered here, 2020, quoted from: Maddox Gallery, https://maddoxgallery.com/artworks/2016533-david-yarrow-the-witness-2020/

Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 16.14 h +/- 20 min.




246
David Yarrow
The Witness, 2020.
Black and white photograph. Archival pigment print
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000

 
$ 21,000 - 31,500

+

 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for David Yarrow "The Witness"
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.