Lot 107
  • 107

GERHARD RICHTER | 19. Oktober 1996

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • 19. Oktober 1996
  • signed and dated 19. Oktober 1996
  • oil on Fuji paper
  • 29.8 by 41.9 cm. 11 3/4 by 16 1/2 in.

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly lighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the backing mount and undulates slightly. There is some discolouration to the paper, which is likely to be inherent to the artist’s choice of media and working process, and two minute and unobtrusive media accretions to the right edge.
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Catalogue Note

"Abstract paintings are fictitious models… which we can neither see nor describe, but which we may nevertheless conclude exist" (Gerhard Richter cited in: Exh. Cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Gerhard Richter: Paintings, 1988, p. 107).