279
Keith Haring
Pyramid, 1989.
Aluminium, eloxiert
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
279
Keith Haring
Pyramid, 1989.
Aluminium, eloxiert
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
Keith Haring
1958 - 1990
Pyramid. 1989.
Aluminium, eloxiert.
With the engraved artist's signature, date, number, and edition note on the reverse. Copy aside from the edition of 30 copies. 103.4 x 145 x 0.3 cm (40.7 x 57 x 0.1 in).
Produced by Domberger, Stuttgart, and Aluplan GmbH, Korb/Stuttgart. Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. [KA].
• This work, created shortly before Haring's death, shows his signature style that has become synonymous with Pop Art.
• Haring depicts a cosmological puzzle with a deity enthroned at the apex of a triangle, inspired by ancient Egyptian pharaoh tombs.
• A technically sophisticated edition featuring interesting metallic effects.
• Haring’s works are in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Albertina, Vienna; and the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, Japan.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany.
LITERATURE: Jörg Schellmann (ed.), Forty Are Better Than One. Edition Schellmann 1969-2009, Ostfildern 2009, cat. no. 17, pp. 146/147, illustrated in color (different copy).
"All of the things that you make are a kind of quest for immortality. [..] They don’t depend on breathing, so they’ll last longer than any of us will. [..] it’s sort of extending your life to some degree."
Keith Haring, quoted from: Daniel Drenger, Art and Life: An Interview with Keith Haring, in: Columbia Art Review, 1988, p. 49.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 16.58 h +/- 20 min.
1958 - 1990
Pyramid. 1989.
Aluminium, eloxiert.
With the engraved artist's signature, date, number, and edition note on the reverse. Copy aside from the edition of 30 copies. 103.4 x 145 x 0.3 cm (40.7 x 57 x 0.1 in).
Produced by Domberger, Stuttgart, and Aluplan GmbH, Korb/Stuttgart. Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. [KA].
• This work, created shortly before Haring's death, shows his signature style that has become synonymous with Pop Art.
• Haring depicts a cosmological puzzle with a deity enthroned at the apex of a triangle, inspired by ancient Egyptian pharaoh tombs.
• A technically sophisticated edition featuring interesting metallic effects.
• Haring’s works are in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Albertina, Vienna; and the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, Japan.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany.
LITERATURE: Jörg Schellmann (ed.), Forty Are Better Than One. Edition Schellmann 1969-2009, Ostfildern 2009, cat. no. 17, pp. 146/147, illustrated in color (different copy).
"All of the things that you make are a kind of quest for immortality. [..] They don’t depend on breathing, so they’ll last longer than any of us will. [..] it’s sort of extending your life to some degree."
Keith Haring, quoted from: Daniel Drenger, Art and Life: An Interview with Keith Haring, in: Columbia Art Review, 1988, p. 49.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 16.58 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Keith Haring "Pyramid"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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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