Lot 124
  • 124

Gerhard Richter

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Fuji
  • signed on the reverse; numbered 106 on a label affixed to the reverse
  • oil on alucobond
  • 29 by 37cm.; 11 1/2 by 14 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1996.

Provenance

Schoppmann & Partner, Düsseldorf
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1998

Literature

Hubertus Butin & Stefan Gronert, Eds., Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004: Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, p. 238, no. 89, illustrated in colour 
Exhibition Catalogue, Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gerhard Richter, Catalogue Raisonné for the Paintings 1993-2004, 2005, p. 279, no. 839/1-110, illustration of another example from the series in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly cooler and the contrasts are softer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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