Lot 144
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144
Günther Uecker
Feld, 2011.
Nails and white paint, on canvas, on panel
Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 150,000
$ 127,200 - 159,000
Feld. 2011.
Nails and white paint, on canvas, on panel.
Signed, dated, titled and with a direction arrow and a dedication on the reverse. 40.5 x 30 x 10 cm (15.9 x 11.8 x 3.9 in).
• Concentrated energy in a small format.
• Dense and powerful nailwork.
• With a captivating optical quality that is characteristic of the artist's nail technique.
The work is registered in the Uecker Archive with the number GU.11.009 and has been earmarked for inclusion into the forthcoming Uecker catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Private collection (since 2011, directly from the artist).
"My body played a role in the proportions of my work from the very beginning. The distances between the nails, for example, which I use as a means of articulating light, had their origin in the proportions of my hands."
Günther Uecker 1977, quoted from: Ex. cat. Günther Uecker. Eine Retrospektive, Munich 1993, no page
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.58 h +/- 20 min.
Nails and white paint, on canvas, on panel.
Signed, dated, titled and with a direction arrow and a dedication on the reverse. 40.5 x 30 x 10 cm (15.9 x 11.8 x 3.9 in).
• Concentrated energy in a small format.
• Dense and powerful nailwork.
• With a captivating optical quality that is characteristic of the artist's nail technique.
The work is registered in the Uecker Archive with the number GU.11.009 and has been earmarked for inclusion into the forthcoming Uecker catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Private collection (since 2011, directly from the artist).
"My body played a role in the proportions of my work from the very beginning. The distances between the nails, for example, which I use as a means of articulating light, had their origin in the proportions of my hands."
Günther Uecker 1977, quoted from: Ex. cat. Günther Uecker. Eine Retrospektive, Munich 1993, no page
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.58 h +/- 20 min.
"Feld" from 2011 is a prime example of Günther Uecker's archetypal nail reliefs. As one of the main protagonists of the ZERO group, founded in 1958, Uecker, together with fellow artists Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, strove to reduce artistic creation to the most original and elementary facets of visual perception: Light, shadow and movement. Around 1957, he began to integrate industrially manufactured mass products into his work. Nails turned out to be the perfect means of expression for these basic ideas, and they would remain his preferred medium to this day. The nail is "the ideal object [..] to model light and shadow - to visualize it. It protrudes from the flat surface as a tactile sensor, like a sundial" (Günther Uecker, quoted from: Alexander Tolnay, ed., Günther Uecker Zwanzig Kapitel, Ostfildern-Ruit 2006, p. 72). At oblique angles and with different depths, Uecker hammers the nails with great physical strain in an almost ritualistic repetition, creating a captivating duality of organic form and linear structure. The order of the nails follows an instinctive momentum, so that the nails interact with one another. In this work with an appealing format, he achieves this in a particularly subtle yet expressive way. A dense landscape of countless nails is transformed into a dramatic chiaroscuro intensified by the white-painted nail heads. The result is a complex effect that changes with the viewer's perspective and the light incidence. Uecker invites us to walk around the work, to experience it, because new patterns, movements and shadows can be discovered from every angle. In the present work Uecker creates an effect that transcends both time and space and refuses to wane. Our nail landscape "Feld" can thus be seen as a wonderful example of Günther Uecker's perfect monumental lightness. [AW]
144
Günther Uecker
Feld, 2011.
Nails and white paint, on canvas, on panel
Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 150,000
$ 127,200 - 159,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Günther Uecker "Feld"
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.
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.