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Joseph Beuys
Ohne Titel, Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
Ohne Titel. Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in the lower right. On light off-white wove paper (with the watermark "MK Papier"). 20 x 29.2 cm (7.8 x 11.4 in), size of sheet. [KA].
• Extraordinary early drawing by the most influential artist of the German post-war period.
• The motif of the wolf also appears in Beuys' legendary performance “I like America and America likes me” at René Block Gallery, New York, 1974.
• Part of the same private collection for 60 years.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Other works by Joseph Beuys are held in major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, London, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
With a written expert opinion by Heiner Bastian, Berlin, dated September 23, 2025.
PROVENANCE: Hanns Lamers Collection, Kleve ( with a handwritten dedication on the reverse).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1965).
Since then in family ownership.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.38 h +/- 20 min.
1921 - 1986
Ohne Titel. Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in the lower right. On light off-white wove paper (with the watermark "MK Papier"). 20 x 29.2 cm (7.8 x 11.4 in), size of sheet. [KA].
• Extraordinary early drawing by the most influential artist of the German post-war period.
• The motif of the wolf also appears in Beuys' legendary performance “I like America and America likes me” at René Block Gallery, New York, 1974.
• Part of the same private collection for 60 years.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Other works by Joseph Beuys are held in major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, London, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
With a written expert opinion by Heiner Bastian, Berlin, dated September 23, 2025.
PROVENANCE: Hanns Lamers Collection, Kleve ( with a handwritten dedication on the reverse).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1965).
Since then in family ownership.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.38 h +/- 20 min.
309
Joseph Beuys
Ohne Titel, Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Joseph Beuys "Ohne Titel"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
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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