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Lot 143 | Gerhard Richter | Vermalung (Grey)
Estimate
40.000
- 60.000
€
* F
Result:
(incl. premium)
47.562 €
RICHTER, GERHARD
1932 Dresden
Title: Vermalung (Grey).
Date: 1971.
Technique: Oil on plastic paper.
Measurement: 40 x 40cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and numbered verso lower centre: Richter, 8.9.71 82/150.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
The edition is listed on the artist's official website (www.gerhard-richter.com).
Due to the application of the paint with a finger, all sheets differ from each other, making each copy of this edition unique.
According to the catalogue raisonné, 20 of the original 150 copies have been destroyed.
Provenance:
- Bayer Inc, USA (directly from the artist)
- Bayer AG, Leverkusen (acquired from the previous owner in 2005)
Literature:
- Butin, Hubertus/Gronert, Stefan/Olbricht, Thomas (eds.): Gerhard Richter - Editions 1965-2013, Ostfildern 2014, p. 209, cat. rais. no. 45, fig.
- Gerhard Richter has been at the top of the art rankings in the 'Kunstkompass' for 20 years
- The work has a unique character due to its individual treatment
- Characteristic, early example of Richter's intensive preoccupation with the colour grey, which led him to abstraction
1932 Dresden
Title: Vermalung (Grey).
Date: 1971.
Technique: Oil on plastic paper.
Measurement: 40 x 40cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and numbered verso lower centre: Richter, 8.9.71 82/150.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
The edition is listed on the artist's official website (www.gerhard-richter.com).
Due to the application of the paint with a finger, all sheets differ from each other, making each copy of this edition unique.
According to the catalogue raisonné, 20 of the original 150 copies have been destroyed.
Provenance:
- Bayer Inc, USA (directly from the artist)
- Bayer AG, Leverkusen (acquired from the previous owner in 2005)
Literature:
- Butin, Hubertus/Gronert, Stefan/Olbricht, Thomas (eds.): Gerhard Richter - Editions 1965-2013, Ostfildern 2014, p. 209, cat. rais. no. 45, fig.
- Gerhard Richter has been at the top of the art rankings in the 'Kunstkompass' for 20 years
- The work has a unique character due to its individual treatment
- Characteristic, early example of Richter's intensive preoccupation with the colour grey, which led him to abstraction
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