Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 309


309
Jean Degottex
Haiga II, 1961.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000

 
$ 55,000 - 77,000

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Haiga II. 1961.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated “4-61” lower right. Once again signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. With handwritten size specifications on the stretcher. 130 x 95 cm (51.1 x 37.4 in).
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• A sensual reduction using minimalist means by the important French representative of Lyrical Abstraction.
• The title “Haiga II” refers to a traditional Japanese painting style that combines image and writing, which is beautifully manifested in a highly individualized fashion in this work.
• Just a few years after its creation, it was exhibited in a solo exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein.
• In June 2024, the Centre Pompidou honored the artist with a room in its permanent exhibition showing works from the 1950s to the 1970s.
• His works are in international museum collections, including the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Pinacoteca Gutai, Osaka
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Northern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Jean Degottex, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, May 20 - June 20, 1965, cat. no. 15 (with the label on the reverse).

"His work remains that of extreme minimalism, where rigor never takes precedence over sensitivity."
Comité Jean Degottex, online: www.jeandegottex.com

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 15.57 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Jean Degottex "Haiga II"
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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 €.
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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.

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