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299
Joseph Beuys
Aktion: Kinloch Rannoch Edinburgh, 1970.
Mixed media. Gelatin and wax (2 pieces)
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000

 
$ 20,880 - 27,840

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Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986

Aktion: Kinloch Rannoch Edinburgh. 1970.
Mixed media. Gelatin and wax (2 pieces).
Signed and dated on a label on the base of the stand, and titled on another label. 13.7 x 25.5 x 22.5 cm (5.3 x 10 x 8.8 in).
The title refers to the project “Celtic (Kinloch-Rannoch), Scottish Symphony,” which Joseph Beuys presented together with the Danish Fluxus composer Henning Christiansen several times at the Edinburgh College of Art between August 26 and 30, 1970. Two LPs of this Scottish Symphony (Edition Schellmann, Munich) are preserved at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. [AW].

• The action “Celtic (Kinloch-Rannoch)” was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1970 and, in all its complexity, represents Joseph Beuys' programmatic reinterpretation of the concept of art.
• The work was on permanent loan at the Kunstmuseum Bonn for almost 20 years
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Germany (acquired from the artist in 1981).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Joseph Beuys. Skulpturen und Objekte, exhibition catalog, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, February 20–May 1, 1988, cat. no. 59 (illustrated on p. 194 (swapped)).
Joseph Beuys. Natur, Materie, Form, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, November 30, 1991–February 9, 1992, cat. no. 393 (with illu. plate 234).
Kunstmuseum Bonn (on permanent loan from November 30, 2001, to November 2020).
Der Westen leuchtet, Kunstmuseum Bonn, July 10–October 24, 2010, p. 402 (illustrated on p. 157).
Joseph Beuys: Wo ist Element 3?, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, March 26–May 22, 2021.

Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.25 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Joseph Beuys "Aktion: Kinloch Rannoch Edinburgh"
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.

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