Lot 244
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Hans (Jean) Arp
Homme-moustache (Schnurrbartmann), 1960.
Relief. Wood, painted
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 56,500 - 79,100
Homme-moustache (Schnurrbartmann). 1960.
Relief. Wood, painted.
Unique object. 46.5 x 53.5 cm (18.3 x 21 in). [KA].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Magnificent composition in Hans Arp's unmistakable biomorphic style.
• Wood reliefs already occupied a key position in Arp's artistic oeuvre in 1917.
• In the year this work was created, Arp and his wife acquired the Ronco dei Fiori estate in Locarno-Solduno, Switzerland, where the artist arrived at a new color palette.
• Arp's reliefs were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as early as 1936, followed by a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1958 and a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1969, three years after his death.
We are grateful to the Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp Foundation for their kind support.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Dr. Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1979).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Bernd Rau, Hans Arp. Die Reliefs, oeuvre catalog, Stuttgart 1981, no. A27 (illustrated).
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 17.12 h +/- 20 min.
Relief. Wood, painted.
Unique object. 46.5 x 53.5 cm (18.3 x 21 in). [KA].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Magnificent composition in Hans Arp's unmistakable biomorphic style.
• Wood reliefs already occupied a key position in Arp's artistic oeuvre in 1917.
• In the year this work was created, Arp and his wife acquired the Ronco dei Fiori estate in Locarno-Solduno, Switzerland, where the artist arrived at a new color palette.
• Arp's reliefs were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as early as 1936, followed by a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1958 and a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1969, three years after his death.
We are grateful to the Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp Foundation for their kind support.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Dr. Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1979).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Bernd Rau, Hans Arp. Die Reliefs, oeuvre catalog, Stuttgart 1981, no. A27 (illustrated).
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 17.12 h +/- 20 min.
244
Hans (Jean) Arp
Homme-moustache (Schnurrbartmann), 1960.
Relief. Wood, painted
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 56,500 - 79,100
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hans (Jean) Arp "Homme-moustache (Schnurrbartmann)"
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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