Lot 535
  • 535

GERHARD RICHTER | Aladdin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Aladdin
  • signed, dated 2010 and numbered 913-7 on the reverse
  • lacquer behind glass, mounted on Alu-Dibond
  • 19 3/4 by 14 5/8 in. 50.2 by 37.1 cm.

Provenance

Gerhard Richter Archive, Dresden 
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Exhibited

Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Extended Loan, June 2010 - 2012

Literature

Exh. Cat., Moscow, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance, 2016, pp. 25 and 41
Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter in der Dresdener Galerie, Dresden 2010, pp. 39, 40 and 42, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges, and there is a minor chip to the lower right corner with associated loss. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

“The problem is now that all of nature, everything, is captured in photographs, so there is nothing to paint. This, for me, puts some fantasy back into it.” Gerhard Richter