Lot 226 
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Willi Baumeister
Giganten, 1946.
Oil with synthetic resin and filler on thin car...
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 22,600 - 33,900
Giganten. 1946.
Oil with synthetic resin and filler on thin cardboard.
Signed and dated in the upper right. 35.5 x 46.2 cm (13.9 x 18.1 in).
[AR].
• From the work group “Giganten” (Giants), which the artist started in 1944 before the end of the war.
• The amorphous shadow figures and mysterious relief structures reflect the great uncertainty of the period in which they were created, but at the same time, the subtle dots of color provide the first timid counterpoints.
• In the year it was created, Baumeister was appointed to teach at the Stuttgart Academy.
• From the private collection of his friend, Swiss artist Max Bill (1908–1994).
PROVENANCE: Max Bill, Zürich.
Private collection, South Germany
In family ownership since.
LITERATURE: Peter Beye, Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Werkkatalog der Gemälde, vol. II, Ostfildern 2002, catalogue raisonné no. 1240 (illustrated).
Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister - Leben und Werk, Cologne 1963, p. 104, catalogue raisonné no. 890 (illustrated, here as "Giganten II").
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.48 h +/- 20 min.
Oil with synthetic resin and filler on thin cardboard.
Signed and dated in the upper right. 35.5 x 46.2 cm (13.9 x 18.1 in).
[AR].
• From the work group “Giganten” (Giants), which the artist started in 1944 before the end of the war.
• The amorphous shadow figures and mysterious relief structures reflect the great uncertainty of the period in which they were created, but at the same time, the subtle dots of color provide the first timid counterpoints.
• In the year it was created, Baumeister was appointed to teach at the Stuttgart Academy.
• From the private collection of his friend, Swiss artist Max Bill (1908–1994).
PROVENANCE: Max Bill, Zürich.
Private collection, South Germany
In family ownership since.
LITERATURE: Peter Beye, Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister. Werkkatalog der Gemälde, vol. II, Ostfildern 2002, catalogue raisonné no. 1240 (illustrated).
Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister - Leben und Werk, Cologne 1963, p. 104, catalogue raisonné no. 890 (illustrated, here as "Giganten II").
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.48 h +/- 20 min.
226
Willi Baumeister
Giganten, 1946.
Oil with synthetic resin and filler on thin car...
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 22,600 - 33,900
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Willi Baumeister "Giganten"
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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