Gerhard Richter

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

Gerhard Richter
Ophelia
signed and numbered 8/35 on a label affixed to the reverse
cibachrome print laid on aluminium
102 by 116cm.; 40 1/8 by 45 5/8 in.
Executed in 1998, this work is number 8 from an edition of 35, plus 3 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

Private Collection

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Gerhard Richter, 1998, p. 21, another example illustrated in colour and incorrectly referenced

Exhibition Catalogue: Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Photography Transformed, 2002, p. 248, another example illustrated in colour

Dieter Schwarz, "Ophelia / Guildenstern" in: Exhibition Catalogue: Stuttgart, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Gerhard Richter. Übersicht, 2000, pp. 56-57 and 58, another example illustrated in colour

Hubertus Butin et al., Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2004, Ostfildern 2005, p. 245, no. 96, another example illustrated in colour

Exhibition Catalogue: Helmut Friedel, Gerhard Richter: Rot-Gelb-Blau, Die Gemälde für BMW, 2011, p. 116, another example illustrated in colour

Exhibition Catalogue: Dresden, Galerie Neue Meister, Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen; Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Gerhard Richter: Streifen und Glas, 2013, p. 31, another example illustrated in colour

Exhibition Catalogue: London, Marian Goodman Gallery, Gerhard Richter, 2014, p. 7, another example illustrated in colour

Hubertus Butin et al., Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2013, Ostfildern 2014, no. 96, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Visible only upon extremely close inspection in raking light, there are a few very thin, shallow and unobtrusive surface scratches isolated in places.
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