Lot 271
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GERHARD RICHTER | Goldberg-Variationen

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Goldberg-Variationen
  • signed, dated 84 and numbered 69/100 on a label affixed to the reverse
  • oil on vinyl record
  • 30.1 by 30.1 cm. 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1984, this work is number 69 from an edition of 100 unique variants.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Hubertus Butin, Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-1993: Catalogue Raisonné, Bremen 1993, p. 135, no. 50 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour)
Hubertus Butin and Stefan Gronert, Gerhard Richter. Editions 1965-2004: Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, p. 205, no. 60 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour)
Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert and Thomas Olbricht, Eds., Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-2014: Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern 2014, p. 229, no. 60 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour)

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration when examined under ultra-violet light.
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