Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 403


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Julian Opie
Taxi Driver. 1, 2015.
Mixed media. Vinyl on stretcher
Post auction sale: € 40,000 / $ 44,000
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Taxi Driver. 1. 2015.
Mixed media. Vinyl on stretcher.
Signed on the folded canvas. 225 x 117 cm (88.5 x 46 in). [AW].

• Large-format work in Opie's unmistakable casual, graphic style.
• Julian Opie gained international attention through his participation in documenta 8 in Kassel as early as 1987.
• Opie is represented by the Lisson Gallery, London/New York, and the Opera Gallery, London, among others.
• Opie's works can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, among others
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PROVENANCE: Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich (with the label on the stretcher).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

Julian Opie




403
Julian Opie
Taxi Driver. 1, 2015.
Mixed media. Vinyl on stretcher
Post auction sale: € 40,000 / $ 44,000
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Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Julian Opie "Taxi Driver. 1"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.

Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.

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.