Lot 32
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Konrad Klapheck
Die Jagd nach dem Glück, 1984.
Charcoal drawing on canvas
Estimate:
€ 200,000 - 300,000
$ 210,000 - 315,000
Die Jagd nach dem Glück. 1984.
Charcoal drawing on canvas.
Signed and dated in upper left. 200 x 310 cm (78.7 x 122 in). [JS].
Initially, lot 31 and lot 32 are called up individually, subsequently combined as one lot.
• Rare opportunity to acquire the monumental preliminary drawing on canvas and the accompanying gigantic painting in one auction: The childhood dream of speed, freedom and coolness in an overwhelming mega-panorama format.
• "Die Jagd nach dem Glück" (Chasing Fortune) is one of the largest works by Klapheck ever offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• While Klapheck's hyper-representational paintings are particularly captivating for their maximum degree of perfection, Klapheck's "preliminary drawings" are unique documents of a meticulous and complex creative process.
• Klapheck's documents "bear witness to [him] grappling with the smell of sweat from his deperate searching and groping" (K. Klapheck, 1982).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Lelong, Zürich (with the label on the stretcher).
Private collection Southern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Réveries d`un homme, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, March 2 - April 15, 2006 (with the label on the stretcher).
"Initially, [.] the drawing serves a preparatory purpose. At times it has its very own appeal, and that's why it shouldn't be regarded better or worse than the final painting."
Konrad Klapheck, 2007.
After starting over a hundred times, my canvases often looked greasy and filthy, like a dirt bike circuit in rain. In some cases the fabric was pierced by the compasses. [.] A colleague said he liked the preliminary drawings better than the final pictures, that they were fresher and more lively than the perfect final products. [..] For years I had erased everything that looked like work. I had tried to give my paintings a look as if they were not man-made, as if they had fallen from the sky ready-made. Should I really release the witnesses of my struggle with their sweaty smell of desperate searching and groping?"
Konrad Klapheck, Über meine Zeichnungen, 1982, in: Klapheck, Bilder und Texte, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 51.
"I began to exhibit the paintings and the accompanying drawings together, always side by side. Some people understood exactly what I wanted to achieve, especially other artists [..]. Others debated about which was the better medium [..]. But that's not my point. The two products don't compete; they each serve a different purpose [..]. The drawing has its very own appeal, and that's why it shouldn't be regarded better or worse than the final painting."
Konrad Klapheck 2007, in: Klapheck. Bilder und Texte, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 138.
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 18.02 h +/- 20 min.
Charcoal drawing on canvas.
Signed and dated in upper left. 200 x 310 cm (78.7 x 122 in). [JS].
Initially, lot 31 and lot 32 are called up individually, subsequently combined as one lot.
• Rare opportunity to acquire the monumental preliminary drawing on canvas and the accompanying gigantic painting in one auction: The childhood dream of speed, freedom and coolness in an overwhelming mega-panorama format.
• "Die Jagd nach dem Glück" (Chasing Fortune) is one of the largest works by Klapheck ever offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• While Klapheck's hyper-representational paintings are particularly captivating for their maximum degree of perfection, Klapheck's "preliminary drawings" are unique documents of a meticulous and complex creative process.
• Klapheck's documents "bear witness to [him] grappling with the smell of sweat from his deperate searching and groping" (K. Klapheck, 1982).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Lelong, Zürich (with the label on the stretcher).
Private collection Southern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Réveries d`un homme, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, March 2 - April 15, 2006 (with the label on the stretcher).
"Initially, [.] the drawing serves a preparatory purpose. At times it has its very own appeal, and that's why it shouldn't be regarded better or worse than the final painting."
Konrad Klapheck, 2007.
After starting over a hundred times, my canvases often looked greasy and filthy, like a dirt bike circuit in rain. In some cases the fabric was pierced by the compasses. [.] A colleague said he liked the preliminary drawings better than the final pictures, that they were fresher and more lively than the perfect final products. [..] For years I had erased everything that looked like work. I had tried to give my paintings a look as if they were not man-made, as if they had fallen from the sky ready-made. Should I really release the witnesses of my struggle with their sweaty smell of desperate searching and groping?"
Konrad Klapheck, Über meine Zeichnungen, 1982, in: Klapheck, Bilder und Texte, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 51.
"I began to exhibit the paintings and the accompanying drawings together, always side by side. Some people understood exactly what I wanted to achieve, especially other artists [..]. Others debated about which was the better medium [..]. But that's not my point. The two products don't compete; they each serve a different purpose [..]. The drawing has its very own appeal, and that's why it shouldn't be regarded better or worse than the final painting."
Konrad Klapheck 2007, in: Klapheck. Bilder und Texte, Düsseldorf 2013, p. 138.
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 18.02 h +/- 20 min.
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Konrad Klapheck
Die Jagd nach dem Glück, 1984.
Charcoal drawing on canvas
Estimate:
€ 200,000 - 300,000
$ 210,000 - 315,000
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Konrad Klapheck "Die Jagd nach dem Glück"
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.