Lot 261 
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Renate Bertlmann
Gefährliche Brüste, 1975.
Mixed media. Plaster cast, pacifier, scalpel kn...
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Renate Bertlmann
1943
Gefährliche Brüste. 1975.
Mixed media. Plaster cast, pacifier, scalpel knife, plexiglass cover.
Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse, with the artist's studio label inscribed “5710522” by hand. 23.6 x 41.3 x 18.6 cm (9.2 x 16.2 x 7.3 in). [AW].
• Renate Bertlmann is a key figure in the Austrian avant-garde.
• In her work, she subverts gender stereotypes and explores themes such as the body, desire, and vulnerability.
• Bertlmann combines conceptual and pop culture approaches, transforms pornography and kitsch, and works experimentally in a wide range of media, from photography to installation.
• In 2019, she exhibited at the Austrian Pavilion at the 58th Biennale di Venezia.
• This work was part of the comprehensive retrospective “Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions” at the Belvedere in Vienna in 2023/24.
The work is listed on the artist's official website.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Prof. Dr. Heinz Althöfer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (as a gift from the above in 2015).
EXHIBITION: Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessionen, Belvedere, Vienna, Sep. 29, 2023-March 3, 2024 (illustrated on p. 79).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.34 h +/- 20 min.
1943
Gefährliche Brüste. 1975.
Mixed media. Plaster cast, pacifier, scalpel knife, plexiglass cover.
Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse, with the artist's studio label inscribed “5710522” by hand. 23.6 x 41.3 x 18.6 cm (9.2 x 16.2 x 7.3 in). [AW].
• Renate Bertlmann is a key figure in the Austrian avant-garde.
• In her work, she subverts gender stereotypes and explores themes such as the body, desire, and vulnerability.
• Bertlmann combines conceptual and pop culture approaches, transforms pornography and kitsch, and works experimentally in a wide range of media, from photography to installation.
• In 2019, she exhibited at the Austrian Pavilion at the 58th Biennale di Venezia.
• This work was part of the comprehensive retrospective “Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions” at the Belvedere in Vienna in 2023/24.
The work is listed on the artist's official website.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Prof. Dr. Heinz Althöfer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (as a gift from the above in 2015).
EXHIBITION: Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessionen, Belvedere, Vienna, Sep. 29, 2023-March 3, 2024 (illustrated on p. 79).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.34 h +/- 20 min.
261
Renate Bertlmann
Gefährliche Brüste, 1975.
Mixed media. Plaster cast, pacifier, scalpel kn...
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Renate Bertlmann "Gefährliche Brüste"
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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