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GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)

Starting price
£ 4 000 000
Auction dateClassic
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 990271
Lot 42 | GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)
GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)

Grünes Feld (Green Field)

signed, numbered and dated '223 Richter 69' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

39 x 49 1/4in. (99 x 125cm.)

Painted in 1969





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1975.



Literature

Gerhard Richter, exh. cat., Venice, XXXVI Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte, La Bienale di Venezia - German Pavilion, 1972, p. 41, no. 223 (illustrated, p. 70).

R. Wedewer, ‘Zum Landschaftstypus Gerhard Richters’, in Pantheon, no. 33, 1975, p. 47.

J. Harten and D. Elger (eds.), Gerhard Richter Bilder: Paintings 1962-1985, exh. cat., Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1986, p. 373, no. 223 (source image illustrated, p. 98).

F. Jahn (ed.), Gerhard Richter Atlas, exh. cat., Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 1989 (source image illustrated, p. 94).

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.), Gerhard Richter, Werkübersicht/Catalogue Raisonné: 1962-1993, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit 1993, p. 158, no. 223 (illustrated in colour, p. 32).

H. Friedel and U. Wilmes (eds.), Atlas of the photographs, collages and sketches, London 1997, p. 340, no. 171 (source image illustrated in colour, p. 95).

H. Althöfer (ed.), Informel: Begegnung und Wandel, vol. II, Dortmund 2002, p. 90 (illustrated in colour, p. 89).

G. Ruge and J. Schäfer (eds.), Lebensbilder, Landesbilder: Geschichten aus und über Nordrhein-Westfalen, Münster 2003, no. 203 (illustrated in colour, p. 202).

H. Friedel (ed.), Gerhard Richter Atlas, London 2006, p. 816, no. 171 (source image illustrated in colour, p. 190).

Gerhard Richter: Panorama, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2011, p. 248.

D. Elger (ed.), Gerhard Richter Catalogue Raisonné, Nos. 198-388, 1968-1976, Vol. II, Berlin 2017, no. 223 (illustrated in colour, p. 129).



Exhibited

Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Der Westen leuchtet, 2010, p. 405 (illustrated in colour, p. 359).

Wiesbaden, Museum Wiesbaden, Gerhard Richter. Frühe Bilder, 2018.

Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn (on long-term loan since 2001).



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Artist:Gerhard Richter (1932)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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