Sale: 561 / Contemporary Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 312


312
Josef Albers
Diskant VII, aus Varianten des Themas A, 1932.
Gouache over pencil
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000

 
$ 33,000 - 44,000

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Diskant VII, aus Varianten des Themas A. 1932.
Gouache over pencil.
Signed and dated in the image's lower right. Titled bottom center. On cardboard. 49 x 33.5 cm (19.2 x 13.1 in), size of sheet.
[SM].
• From his last year at the Bauhaus before its closure in 1933.
• Series of works dealing with transition and the connection between Europe and America - conceived in Dessau and completed at Black Mountain College.
• His first consistently serial work group.
• The treble clef as an isomorphic figure, in which the clearly delineated areas of color are interwoven to create their own effect.
• Family-owned ever since it was created and offered on the international auction market for the first time
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The work is registered as as "JAAF 1932.2.8" in the archive of the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation, Connecticut, and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Ludwig Grote, Dessau (gifted from the artist).
Family-owned ever since.

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 16.01 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Josef Albers "Diskant VII, aus Varianten des Themas A"
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.