Taking place live in London on 1 March, Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction will encompass over a century of pioneering artistic production. Beginning with the innovations of the Impressionists, it spans the birth of Modernism in the early twentieth century through to the evolution of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. The sale is led by Gerhard Richter's sublime Abstraktes Bild from 1986, a breathtaking and monumental example from a landmark year in the artist's career. Other highlights illustrate crucial moments in the history of this important and influential period of artistic innovation.

Illustrated:

Gerhard Richter

Abstraktes Bild

Travelling Exhibitions:

Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild :

Hong Kong

5–7 February

Level 3, ManHo Garden, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong

88 Queensway Road, Pacific Place

Admiralty

Highlights:

Hong Kong

5–7 February

Sotheby’s Hong Kong

New York

11–15 February

Sotheby’s New York

For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:

+44 207 293 5000

enquiries@sothebys.com

For sale enquiries please contact:

Emma Baker

Director

Head of Evening Sale

Contemporary Art

+44 20 7293 5569

EMMA.BAKER@SOTHEBYS.COM

James Sevier

Senior Director

European Head of Contemporary Art

+44 20 7293 5842

JAMES.SEVIER@SOTHEBYS.COM

Thomas Boyd-Bowman

Director

Head of Evening Sales

Impressionist & Modern Art

+44 20 7293 5789

THOMAS.BOYD-BOWMAN@SOTHEBYS.COM

Helena Newman

Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe

Worldwide Head of Department

Impressionist & Modern Art

+44 20 7293 5397

HELENA.NEWMAN@SOTHEBYS.COM