Lot 102
  • 102

Gerhard Richter

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Kerze II
  • signed, dated 1989 and numbered V/IX; signed, dated 1989 and numbered V/IX on the reverse
  • oil on offset print, mounted to plastic
  • 90 by 90cm.; 35 3/8 by 35 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 1989, this work is number 5 of 9 artist's proofs numbered I to IX aside from an edition of 50 uniquely painted works, plus 8 painted trial copies and 1 unpainted trial copy.

Provenance

Achenbach Art Edition, Dusseldorf

Private Collection

Sale: Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 16 November 2000, Lot 206

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Hubertus Butin, Ed., Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-1993, Vol. III, Munich 1993, p. 144, no. 56a, another example illustrated in colour  

Hubertus Butin et al., Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2004, Ostfildern 2005, pp. 67 and 211, no. 66, another example illustrated in colour

Hubertus Butin et al., Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2013, Ostfildern 2014, pp. 91 and 235, no. 66, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards soft cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is light oil residue around the black accretions, in keeping with the artist's choice of medium.
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