Lot 136
  • 136

Gerhard Richter

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Abstraktes Bild
  • signed, numbered 454-6 and dated 1980 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 45 by 35cm.; 17 3/4 by 13 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds, Collection Prinz Franz von Bayern
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Private collection, Switzerland
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Mannheim, Mannheimer Kunstverein; Munich, Galerie Fred Jahn, Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder 1976 bis 1981, 1982
Munich, Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, German Art since 1960: Prince Franz of Bavaria Collection, 1986, p. 193, illustrated in colour
Bonn, Chancellor's Office, Prince Franz of Bavaria Collection: Aspects of Contemporary German Art, 1986, no. 36, illustrated in colour
Zurich, Hauser & Wirth Collection, Gerhard Richter: Paintings 1964–1994, 1995, n.p., illustrated in colour

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Berlin, Nationalgalerie Berlin; Bern, Kunsthalle Bern; Vienna, Museum moderner Kunst / Museum des 20. Jahrfunderts, Wien; Gerhard Richter Paintings 1962-1985, 1986, p. 229, illustrated
Angelika Thill et. al., Gerhard Richter: A Catalogue Raisonné: 1962-1993, Vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit 1993, n.p., no. 454-6, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. A few light dust fibres have adhered to the surface in places. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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