Sale: 560 / Evening Sale, Dec. 06. 2024 in Munich Lot 38


38
Georg Baselitz
Kopf, 1966.
Pen and India ink, chalk and pencil
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000

 
$ 87,200 - 130,800

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Kopf. 1966.
Pen and India ink, chalk and pencil.
Signed and dated upper left, once more signed and dated, as well as titled "Kopf" and inscribed "Dahlem" on the reverse. On laid paper by Ingres d'Arches MBM (with watermark). 47.5 x 32.7 cm (18.7 x 12.8 in), size of sheet. [EH].

• Georg Baselitz is one of the most important representatives of contemporary German art.
• His drawings form an independent group within his oeuvre, while their motifs correspond to those of his paintings.
• Baselitz's most significant artistic period, the 1960s, saw the creation of his " Helden" (Heroes) and "Neue Typen" (New Types).
• The Albertina in Vienna dedicated a comprehensive retrospective exhibition to Georg Baselitz in 2023
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hesse (since 1988, Hauswedell & Nolte).

EXHIBITION: Baselitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, April 17 - July 8, 2018, p. 31.

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 272nd auction, Modern Art, June 10/11, 1988, lot 61, plate 218.

"Yes sure, that is important because everything I have done has always led to controversy. Everything I have done has always been straightforward and direct, but it wasn't always appropriate in the situation."
Georg Baselitz in an interview with J.-L.Froment and J. M. Poinsot, in: D. Gretenkort, Munich 2011, pp. 64f.

Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 18.14 h +/- 20 min.

His outstanding artistic production, which has repeatedly found new artistic paths to challenge and continue art historical tradition since the 1960s, has made Georg Baselitz one of the most prominent representatives of contemporary German art. With his vigorous representational works, he violates established categories and repeatedly challenges our traditional understanding of art. In his famous "Heldenbilder" (Hero Paintings, 1965/66), Baselitz staged physically and emotionally broken figures monumentally on canvas, relentlessly confronting post-war German society with its painful past. After these anti-heroes, he made the “Fraktur” (Fracture) pictures (1966-1968) towards the end of the 1960s, which likewise contain a destructive element as they deconstruct and fragment the pictorial object.
Baselitz has collected prints since 1965, predominantly from the Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque periods. Their wealth of motifs and inventiveness always quenched his immense thirst for novelty. Through decontextualization and distortion, he brings their pictorial themes, such as the portrait, into the present with new content and contemporary impulses. This way, Baselitz generates enigmatically associative pictorial content that is never fully accessible to the viewer. [EH]




Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Georg Baselitz "Kopf"
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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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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.
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