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Gotthard Graubner
Ohne Titel (Gesacktes Kissen), 1969.
Mixed media. Oil on perlon over synthetic waddi...
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Gotthard Graubner
1930 - 2013
Ohne Titel (Gesacktes Kissen). 1969.
Mixed media. Oil on perlon over synthetic wadding, on canvas.
Signed, dated, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. Ca. 100 x 85 x 10 cm (39.3 x 33.4 x 3.9 in). [JS].
• Graubner's “ Cushion Paintings ” reject any brushwork and break the boundaries of classic panel painting.
• Since the 1960s, Graubner has strived for maximum liberation of color.
• Graubner's progressive creations have become his unique artistic signature and are now considered one of the most important positions in German post-war art.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Düsseldorf (1987–1999).
Galerie Ackermann, Bergisch-Gladbach (1999).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (from the above in 1999).
Gotthard Graubner, quoted from: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, Munich 1991, p. 15.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.20 h +/- 20 min.
1930 - 2013
Ohne Titel (Gesacktes Kissen). 1969.
Mixed media. Oil on perlon over synthetic wadding, on canvas.
Signed, dated, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. Ca. 100 x 85 x 10 cm (39.3 x 33.4 x 3.9 in). [JS].
• Graubner's “ Cushion Paintings ” reject any brushwork and break the boundaries of classic panel painting.
• Since the 1960s, Graubner has strived for maximum liberation of color.
• Graubner's progressive creations have become his unique artistic signature and are now considered one of the most important positions in German post-war art.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Düsseldorf (1987–1999).
Galerie Ackermann, Bergisch-Gladbach (1999).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (from the above in 1999).
Gotthard Graubner, quoted from: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, Munich 1991, p. 15.
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.20 h +/- 20 min.
First in watercolors, then also on canvas, Graubner experiments with forms of color application that give priority to the multiple layers of paint over the limiting form of the picture edges. In order to enhance the spatial effect of the color surfaces, Graubner began in the early 1960s to mount picture-sized color pads into the picture itself and later also to cover them with Perlon fabric. By first soaking and painting the fabric cushions with several layers of diluted acrylic paint, Graubner creates a fluctuating, breathing condensation similar to a body of color, which is intensified in the sagging cushion paintings—as in the present case—to a color space that reaches out to the viewer like a belly. Graubner's "cushion pictures" were first exhibited by the Düsseldorf gallery owner Alfred Schmela and ultimately earned the artist a teaching position at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg in 1965, where he held a professorship in painting from 1969 onwards. With his "cushion paintings," which form a unique and fascinating body of work within Graubner's oeuvre and are considered the artist's most innovative creations, Graubner was also represented for the first time at documenta 4 in Kassel in 1968. [JS]
295
Gotthard Graubner
Ohne Titel (Gesacktes Kissen), 1969.
Mixed media. Oil on perlon over synthetic waddi...
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Gotthard Graubner "Ohne Titel (Gesacktes Kissen)"
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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