Gerhard Richter - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 14, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Marian Goodman, New York
    Private Collection

  • Exhibited

    Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Gerhard Richter: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 4 September - 21 November, 1999, then travelled to Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett (15 January 2000 – 19 March 2000), Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (9 April 2000 – 18 June 2000), Tilburg, Collection De Pont museum (1 July 2000 – 8 October 2000)

  • Literature

    G. Tosatto, J-P. Criqui, J. Storsve, Richter en France , Paris: Actes Sud, Arles, pp. 33, 36, 54, 56 (mentioned)
    D. Schwarz, B. Pelzer, Gerhard Richter: Drawings 1964-1999, Catalogue Raisonné, Düsseldorf: Richter Verlag, p. 319 (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Gerhard Richter

    German • 1932

    Powerhouse painter 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 skates between unorthodoxy and realism, much to the delight of institutions and the market alike. 

    Richter's color palette of potent hues is all substance and "no style," in the artist's own words. From career start in 1962, Richter developed both his photorealist and abstracted languages side-by-side, producing voraciously and evolving his artistic style in short intervals. Richter's illusory paintings find themselves on the walls of the world's most revered museums—for instance, 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. 

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Two works: (i) 8.4.1999 (1); (ii) 8.4.1999 (2)

1999
graphite on paper
(i) image 30.2 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
sheet 40 x 34.9 cm (15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
(ii) image 30.2 x 20 cm (11 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
sheet 40 x 34.9 cm (15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

(i) Signed, titled and dated "(1) 8.4. 99 Richter" lower left.
(ii) Signed, titled and dated "(2) 8.4. 99 Richter" lower left.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠

Sold for £27,500

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
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Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 15 October 2015 2pm