Lot 244
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GERHARD RICHTER | Aladdin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Aladdin
  • signed, dated 2010 and numbered 913-15 on the reverse
  • lacquer on glass
  • 19 5/8 by 14 1/2 in. 49.8 by 36.8 cm.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Dresden, Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, June 2010 - June 2019 (on permanent view) 

Literature

Moscow, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance, 2016, pp. 25 and 41 (text)
Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter in der Dresdener Galerie. Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden, Vol. 7, Dresden 2010, pp. 40 and 42, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. A superficial layer of dust has adhered to the surface. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"With abstract painting we create a better means of approaching what can be neither seen nor understood." Gerhard Richter