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Gerhard Richter
German • b. 1932
Biography
One of the most influential living painters, Gerhard Richter has been a key player in defining the formal and ideological agenda for painting in contemporary art. His instantaneously recognizable canvases literally and figuratively blur the lines of representation and abstraction. Uninterested in classification, Richter’s oeuvre oscillates between unorthodoxy and realism, much to the delight of institutions and the market alike.
From his career start in 1962, Richter developed both his photorealist and abstracted languages side-by-side, producing voraciously and evolving his artistic style in rapid intervals. Many of Richter's paintings find themselves in the permanent collections of the world's most revered museums. London’s Tate Modern displays the Cage (1) – (6), 2006 paintings that were named after experimental composer John Cage and that inspired the balletic "Rambert Event" hosted by Phillips Berkeley Square in 2016.
Insights
Gerhard Richter's highest record at auction stands at $46.3 million for Abstraktes Bild, 1986.
Richter's evolution of abstraction over the course of four decades was on display at Phillips New York in January 2017 in the largest private selling exhibition ever.
The artist hosts a complete online catalogue raisonée with detailed records of exhibition history, literature citations and editorial notes.
Nine of Richter's top 10 performing canvases at auction are abstract works.
"Art is the highest form of hope."
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Gerhard Richter
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Gerhard Richter
Cage 4
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £18,900
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Gerhard Richter
Snow White (B. 132)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
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Gerhard Richter
128 Fotos von einem Bild (128 Details from a Picture), Halifax 1978 IV (B. 101)
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,340
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Gerhard Richter
Prisma II (B. 121)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,520
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Gerhard Richter
Ifrit (P8)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,788
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Gerhard Richter
Fence (P13)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,410
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Gerhard Richter
Domecke I
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,600
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Gerhard Richter
Six works: (i) Cage 1; (ii) Cage 2; (iii) Cage 3; (iv) Cage 4; (v) Cage 5; (vi) Cage 6
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £176,400
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Gerhard Richter
12.9.94
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $90,720
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Gerhard Richter
7.2.96
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
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Gerhard Richter
Cage (P19-1)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$302,400
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Gerhard Richter
Flow (P15)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,970
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Gerhard Richter
Flow (P16)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,860
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Gerhard Richter
Quattro Colori (Four Colours) (B. 138)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £55,440
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Gerhard Richter
Seven Two Four (B. 33b)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £44,100
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Gerhard Richter
Seestück I
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £5,670
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Gerhard Richter
Seestück II
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £11,340
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Gerhard Richter
Seestück II
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Sold for £7,560
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Gerhard Richter
Seelandschaft
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Sold for £8,820
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Gerhard Richter
Meer
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,930
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Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (678-1)
Estimate $3,000,000 - 5,000,000
Sold for $4,265,000
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Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (682-4)
Estimate HK$20,000,000 - 30,000,000
Sold for HK$32,315,000
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Gerhard Richter
Eis 2 (Ice 2)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
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Gerhard Richter
Graphit
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,380
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