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Wolfgang Paalen
Composition, 1933.
Oil on canvas, mounted on white-painted wood
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
138
Wolfgang Paalen
Composition, 1933.
Oil on canvas, mounted on white-painted wood
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Wolfgang Paalen
1905 - 1959
Composition. 1933.
Oil on canvas, mounted on white-painted wood.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 53 x 37 cm (20.8 x 14.5 in).
[AR].
• Between reality and imagination: Wolfgang Paalen’s magical worlds captivate with their mysterious figurations and abstractions.
• Beginning in 1932/33, he developed his distinctive, semi-figurative, biomorphic visual language in Paris.
• Works by the artist are in international museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
PROVENANCE: Gordon Onlsow Ford, Iverness, California (directly from the artist).
Lucid Art Foundation, Iverness, California.
Private collection, East Germany.
LITERATURE: Andreas Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals, Monografie - Schriften - Oeuvrekatalog, Wien-New York 1999, CR no. 33.22 (illustrated on p. 283).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.50 h +/- 20 min.
1905 - 1959
Composition. 1933.
Oil on canvas, mounted on white-painted wood.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 53 x 37 cm (20.8 x 14.5 in).
[AR].
• Between reality and imagination: Wolfgang Paalen’s magical worlds captivate with their mysterious figurations and abstractions.
• Beginning in 1932/33, he developed his distinctive, semi-figurative, biomorphic visual language in Paris.
• Works by the artist are in international museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
PROVENANCE: Gordon Onlsow Ford, Iverness, California (directly from the artist).
Lucid Art Foundation, Iverness, California.
Private collection, East Germany.
LITERATURE: Andreas Neufert, Wolfgang Paalen. Im Inneren des Wals, Monografie - Schriften - Oeuvrekatalog, Wien-New York 1999, CR no. 33.22 (illustrated on p. 283).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.50 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Wolfgang Paalen "Composition"
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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