Lot 270
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Hans (Jean) Arp
Initiale pour un éditeur, 1960.
Collage of color cardboard
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 28,250 - 39,550
Initiale pour un éditeur. 1960.
Collage of color cardboard.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with the technique on a label on the reverse. Unique object. 40 x 36 cm (15.7 x 14.1 in). [KA].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Hans Arp's collages are poetic manifestations of free association.
• On the cover of the book 'Briefe an einen Verleger' (Letters to a Publisher, 1965), published in honor of Limes publisher Max Niedermayer.
• At times organic, at times constructive, Arp's formal language reflects the inexhaustible diversity of natural structures.
• Outstanding provenance: the artist gave the collage to Max Niedermayer on his 60th birthday in 1965.
• Collages by Hans Arp can be found in the collections of major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
We are grateful to the Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp Foundation for their kind support.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection, Wiesbaden (gifted directly by the artist in 1965 on the occasion of his 60th birthday).
Dr. Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden (since 1968, inherited from the above).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (since 1979, acquired from the above).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Marguerite Valerie Schlüter, Briefe an einen Verleger. Max Niedermayer zum 60. Geburtstag, Wiesbaden 1965 (illustrated on the cover).
"Collage is poetry with graphic means."
(Hans Arp, quoted from: arpmuseum.org, 2024)
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 17.46 h +/- 20 min.
Collage of color cardboard.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with the technique on a label on the reverse. Unique object. 40 x 36 cm (15.7 x 14.1 in). [KA].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Hans Arp's collages are poetic manifestations of free association.
• On the cover of the book 'Briefe an einen Verleger' (Letters to a Publisher, 1965), published in honor of Limes publisher Max Niedermayer.
• At times organic, at times constructive, Arp's formal language reflects the inexhaustible diversity of natural structures.
• Outstanding provenance: the artist gave the collage to Max Niedermayer on his 60th birthday in 1965.
• Collages by Hans Arp can be found in the collections of major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
We are grateful to the Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp Foundation for their kind support.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection, Wiesbaden (gifted directly by the artist in 1965 on the occasion of his 60th birthday).
Dr. Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden (since 1968, inherited from the above).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (since 1979, acquired from the above).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Marguerite Valerie Schlüter, Briefe an einen Verleger. Max Niedermayer zum 60. Geburtstag, Wiesbaden 1965 (illustrated on the cover).
"Collage is poetry with graphic means."
(Hans Arp, quoted from: arpmuseum.org, 2024)
Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 17.46 h +/- 20 min.
270
Hans (Jean) Arp
Initiale pour un éditeur, 1960.
Collage of color cardboard
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 28,250 - 39,550
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Hans (Jean) Arp "Initiale pour un éditeur"
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
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.
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