180
Günther Uecker
Ohne Titel (”Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes”), 1981.
Mixed media. Nails, paint on canvas mounted on ...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
180
Günther Uecker
Ohne Titel (”Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes”), 1981.
Mixed media. Nails, paint on canvas mounted on ...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
Günther Uecker
1930 - 2025
Ohne Titel (”Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes”). 1981.
Mixed media. Nails, paint on canvas mounted on wood, partially painted over in white, partially smashed with an axe.
Signed and dated in the lower right. From an edition of 22 copies. 72.3 x 63.4 x 6 cm (28.4 x 24.9 x 2.3 in). Lithographs: 61 x 51,5 cm (28,3 x 20,2 in).
Cover element of the multiple “Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes” (Image Rituals - Development of a Work), created in collaboration between Günther Uecker and the Swiss photographer Rolf Schroeter. The multiple was published in three versions. This work is Version A, of which 22 copies were produced, each featuring a unique nail picture on the wooden cover. This copy lacks the wooden box containing 22 granolithographs revised by Günther Uecker and a text sheet. [AW].
• Nail picture executed by hand and signed by Uecker, from the legendary multiple “Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes” (1981).
• Unique. Each of the 22 nail pictures features a different arrangement of nails and composition.
• As a co-founder of the ZERO group, Günther Uecker is one of the most highly regarded contemporary German artists.
This work is registered in the Uecker Archive under number GU.81.123.2 and has been earmarked for inclusion in the forthcoming Uecker catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Zurich.
Galerie Knoell, Basel.
Cardi Gallery, Milan/London (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Escape from the Frame, Cardi Gallery, London, Online, April 23-May 15, 2020.
LITERATURE: Dieter Honisch, Günther Uecker. Monographie mit einem Werkverzeichnis von Marion Haedecke, Stuttgart 1983, CR no. 1022.
Jürgen Harten (ed.), Uecker. Bibliophile Werke, Düsseldorf 1983, numbers 62, 63.
Dorothea and Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker. Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960–2005, edited by Britta Julia Dombrowe, Mainz 2007, L 8103, Variant A (of B).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.46 h +/- 20 min.
1930 - 2025
Ohne Titel (”Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes”). 1981.
Mixed media. Nails, paint on canvas mounted on wood, partially painted over in white, partially smashed with an axe.
Signed and dated in the lower right. From an edition of 22 copies. 72.3 x 63.4 x 6 cm (28.4 x 24.9 x 2.3 in). Lithographs: 61 x 51,5 cm (28,3 x 20,2 in).
Cover element of the multiple “Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes” (Image Rituals - Development of a Work), created in collaboration between Günther Uecker and the Swiss photographer Rolf Schroeter. The multiple was published in three versions. This work is Version A, of which 22 copies were produced, each featuring a unique nail picture on the wooden cover. This copy lacks the wooden box containing 22 granolithographs revised by Günther Uecker and a text sheet. [AW].
• Nail picture executed by hand and signed by Uecker, from the legendary multiple “Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes” (1981).
• Unique. Each of the 22 nail pictures features a different arrangement of nails and composition.
• As a co-founder of the ZERO group, Günther Uecker is one of the most highly regarded contemporary German artists.
This work is registered in the Uecker Archive under number GU.81.123.2 and has been earmarked for inclusion in the forthcoming Uecker catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Zurich.
Galerie Knoell, Basel.
Cardi Gallery, Milan/London (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Escape from the Frame, Cardi Gallery, London, Online, April 23-May 15, 2020.
LITERATURE: Dieter Honisch, Günther Uecker. Monographie mit einem Werkverzeichnis von Marion Haedecke, Stuttgart 1983, CR no. 1022.
Jürgen Harten (ed.), Uecker. Bibliophile Werke, Düsseldorf 1983, numbers 62, 63.
Dorothea and Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker. Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960–2005, edited by Britta Julia Dombrowe, Mainz 2007, L 8103, Variant A (of B).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.46 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Günther Uecker "Ohne Titel (”Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes”)"
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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