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GERHARD RICHTER (b. 1932)

Lot 23
18.05.2023 01:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 15 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 949350
Lot 23 | GERHARD RICHTER (b. 1932)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 000 – 20 000 000
GERHARD RICHTER (b. 1932)

Badende

signed and dated 'Richter 67' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

63 x 78 1/2 in. (160 x 200 cm.)

Painted in 1967.





Provenance

Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich

Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich

Private collection, Kleinwallstat

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

David Nolan Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987



Literature

"Gerhard Richter," Art International, March 1968, p. 55 (illustrated).

Gerhard Richter, exh. cat., Aachen, Gegenverkehr, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst, 1969, n.p., no. 75 (illustrated).

36th Biennale in Venice, German Pavillion, exh. cat., Venice Biennale, 1972, pp. 39 and 55 (illustrated).

Magazin Kunst, no. 1, 1974, pp. 66-67.

Gerhard Richter: Paintings 1962-1985, exh. cat., Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1986, pp. 33-35, 59-60, 64, 367 (illustrated).

A. Thill, et. al., Gerhard Richter Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1993, p. 314, no. 154 (illustrated).

K. Kruger, "The Block Inside the Picture," Pantheon, vol. LIII, 1995, pp. 157-158 (illustrated).

D. Elger, Gerhard Richter, Maler, Cologne, 2002, pp. 138, 140, 441 (studio view illustrated).

L' Œil, Oct. 2002, p. 1 (illustrated).

"The Artnews 200 Top Collectors: Gerald and Sandra Fineberg," Artnews, 2003, p. 114 (illustrated).

M. Francis and H. Foster, eds., Pop, London, 2005, p. 34.

Gerhard Richter, exh. cat., Düsseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2005, p. 38 (illustrated).

Gerhard Richter Without Color, exh. cat., Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch, 2005, pp. 34-35, no. 13 (illustrated).

E. Kiffl, Inside the Studio, Cologne, 2008, p. 28 (studio view illustrated).

Gerhard Richter Panorama, exh. cat., Strombeek-Bever, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek Grimbergen, 2008, pp. 7, 84 (illustrated).

B. Buchloh, Gerhard Richter (The October Files), Boston, 2009, p. 121.

D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting, Chicago, 2009, pp. 114-115, 365 (illustrated).

J. Gelshorn, Aneignung und Wiederholung. Bilddiskurse im Werk von Gerhard Richter und Sigmar Polke, Munich, 2012, p. 80.

H. Foster, "Gerhard Richter, or the Photogenic Image," The First Pop Age, Princeton/Oxford, 2012, p. 191.

S. Knust and B. van Renswou, "Galerie Heiner Friedrich. München, Köln, New York, 1963-1980," sediment, no. 21/22, 2013, p. 42.

D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné, 1976-1987, Ostfildern, 2013, vol. 3, p. 314, no. 154 (illustrated).

Konigsklasse III, exh. cat., Herrenchiemsee, Neues Schloss, 2015, pp. 29-31 (illustrated).

Gerhard Richter 'Brigid Polk', exh. cat., Pinakothek der Moderne in Schloss Herrenchiemsee, 2015, pp. 29-30, 36, 40 (illustrated).

A. Zwetie, Gerhard Richter Life and Work, Munich, 2019, p. 42.

Baselitz – Richter – Polke – Kiefer, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 2019, pp. 151-154.

A. Zweite, Gerhard Richter. Leben und Werk. Das Denken ist beim Malen das Malen, Munich, 2019, pp. 42-43, 119, 160, 170, 173.



Exhibited

Munich, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Gerhard Richter: New Paintings, May-June 1967.

Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Figurations, July-September 1967, p. 56, no. 127.

Antwerp, Wide White Space, Gerhard Richter, October-November 1967.

Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Akt '68: Sculptures, Pictures and Graphics from German Artists, October-November 1968, n.p., no. 114.

Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Europalia '77: 12 since '45, October-November 1977.

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Wide White Space 1966-1976, October-December 1994, p. 154 (illustrated).
Artist:Gerhard Richter (1932)
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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