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Property from an Important Swiss Private Collection

Gerhard Richter

Grauer Spiegel (Gray Mirror)

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Gerhard Richter

b. 1932


Grauer Spiegel (Gray Mirror)

signed (on a label affixed to the reverse of each panel)

pigment on glass, in four parts

each: 301 by 100 cm. 118⅕ by 39⅜ in.

overall: 301 by 400 cm. 118⅕ by 157½ in.

Executed in 1992/2025.

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London 

Acquired from the above in 1992 by the present owner

Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Gerhard Richter: Der Atlas und seine Bilder, December 1998 – April 1999

Biel, Pasquart Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’Art Bienne, Hess Collection - Hang Zum Dissens, January – March 2003

Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch, Gerhard Richter. Ohne Farbe / Without Colour, February – May 2005, p. 72, illustrated in colour (installed in the artist’s studio) (incorrect media) (dated 1992)

Exh. Cat., Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Gerhard Richter: 1962-1993, Volume III, 1993-94, no. 766, n.p., illustrated in colour (dated 1992)

Barbara Bloom, ed., “Gerhard Richter,” Parkett, no. 35, 1993, pp. 30-31, illustrated in colour (installed in the artist’s studio) (dated 1992)

Alice Henkes, “Gerhard Richter im Museum Franz Gertsch,” Kunst-Bulletin, April 2005, p. 50 (text) 

Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 4, 1988-1994, Ostfildern 2015, no. 766, p. 458, illustrated in colour (dated 1992)

Dietmar Kohler, Gerhard Richter. Spiegel, Bild und Raum, Munich 2020, p. 127, illustrated in colour