Live Auction 1559Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Gerhard Richter (B. 1932)
Lot 217

Gerhard Richter (B. 1932)

Abstraktes Bild

Closed17 October 2014

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GBP 350,500

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Gerhard Richter (B. 1932)
Abstraktes Bild
signed, numbered and dated 'Richter, 88, 675-4' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
13¾ x 15¾in. (35 x 40cm.)
Painted in 1988

Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens.
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 8 December 1999, lot 77.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘For Richter, the squeegee is the most important implement for integrating coincidence into his art. For years, he used it sparingly, but he came to appreciate how the structure of paint applied with a squeegee can never be completely controlled. It thus introduces a moment of surprise that often enables him to extricate himself from a creative dead-end, destroying a prior, unsatisfactory effort and opening the door to a fresh start’ (D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting, Chicago 2009, p. 251).