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Gerhard Richter

Vermalung (Braun), 1972

Lot Closed

June 15, 01:13 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Gerhard Richter

b. 1932

Vermalung (Braun), 1972


Oil on canvas

Signed, dated and numbered 69. on the reverse

27 x 40 cm (unframed)

This work is from an edition of 120 unique variants plus 1 artist's proof.


It was painted as an annual edition for the Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster in 1972 and was combined and painted as one large work in 120 parts. The 120 canvases were then sold individually.

Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
Acquired from the above by the present owner 
Exh. Cat., Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle (and travelling), Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Paintings 1962-1985, 1986, pp. 148 and 380, illustration of the complete edition
Exh. Cat., Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Gerhard Richter: 1962-1993, 1993-1994, no. 325/1-120, illustration of the complete edition
Hubertus Butin, Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-1993, Bremen, 1993, p. 119, no. 38, another example illustrated
Hubertus Butin and Stefan Gronert (eds.), Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-2004, Ostfildern, 2004, p. 186, no. 46, another example illustrated
Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert and Thomas Olbricht (eds.), Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-2013 (catalogue raisonné), Ostfildern, 2014, p. 210, no. 46, another example illustrated
Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter, Catalogue Raisonné, Nos. 198-388, Vol. 2, 1968-1976, Berlin, 2017, no. 325/1-120, pp. 454-455, illustration of the complete edition