Lot 505
  • 505

GERHARD RICHTER | Schwarz, Rot, Gold (Black, Red, Gold)

Estimate
450,000 - 650,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Schwarz, Rot, Gold (Black, Red, Gold)
  • signed, dated 1999 and numbered 856-2 on the reverse
  • synthetic resin paint on glass
  • 39 by 39 in. 99.1 by 99.1 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Düsseldorf, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Konstruktiv!- Constructive!, November 2010 - January 2011
London, Blain|Southern, The Space Where I Am, July - September 2014

Literature

Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter. Maler, Cologne 2002, p. 419
Armin Zweite, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné 1993 - 2004, Düsseldorf 2005, cat. no. 856/1-7, illustrated in color
Helmut Friedel, Gerhard Richter. Atlas, Cologne 2006, p. 853

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is evidence of very minor handling on the surface and light dust scattered throughout. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"I wasn't commissioned to depict the German flag. I was stimulated by the theme, even though Palermo existed and that famous flag by Jasper Johns." Gerhard Richter