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298
Joseph Beuys
Für Braun-Raum, 1977.
Wood (mitre box), oil paint, two rock crystals
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000

 
$ 20,880 - 27,840

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Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986

Für Braun-Raum. 1977.
Wood (mitre box), oil paint, two rock crystals.
Signed, dated, and titled on the colored wooden miter box. 25 x 11.5 x 9.5 cm (9.8 x 4.5 x 3.7 in). [AW].

• For Beuys, crystals have multiple dimensions of meaning; brown and red are his primary colors.
• Creative tension between clearly defined lines and crystalline forms.
• Symbolic interplay between the natural forces of crystalline structures, forms and elementary colors
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Joseph Beuys. Skulpturen und Objekte, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, February 20–May 1, 1988, cat. no. 71 (with illu. on p. 194 (swapped)).
Joseph Beuys. Natur, Materie, Form, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, November 30, 1991–February 9, 1992, cat. no. 443 (with illu. on p. 335).
Faszination Edelstein. Aus den Schatzkammern der Welt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1992/93, cat. no. 34 (with illu. on p. 144).
Joseph Beuys: Wo ist Element 3?, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, March 26–May 22, 2021.

LITERATURE: Sybille Ebert-Schifferer, Klaus J. Brandt, Faszination Edelstein. Aus den Schatzkammern der Welt. Mythos, Kunst, Wissenschaft, Bern 1992, cat. no. 34 (illustrated on p. 144).

Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 17.24 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Joseph Beuys "Für Braun-Raum"
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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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