Sale: 553 / Contemporary Day Sale, June 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 170


170
Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled, 2005.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000

 
$ 21,400 - 32,100

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Untitled. 2005.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 200 x 300 cm (78.7 x 118.1 in).
[AR].
• "Your life is yours".. "so sick of the dark".. "30 years later".. "its my fault" - fragments of sentences and an animal creature with huge eyes hide in the thicket of lines and color streaks.
• Bjarne Melgaard is recognized for breaking taboos, addressing subcultural phenomena and touching unpleasant, socio-critical issues.
• His provocative work made him one of the most internationally renowned artists in Norwegian contemporary art.
• His art can be found in renowned collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Saatchi Gallery Collection, London
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PROVENANCE: Private collection Denmark.

Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 15.06 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Bjarne Melgaard "Untitled"
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.