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Gerhard Richter
Estimate
350,000 - 550,000 USD
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Description
- Gerhard Richter
- Abstraktes Bild (889-4)
- signed, dated 2004 and numbered 889-4 on the reverse
- Oil on Aludibond
- 25 1/2 by 19 5/8 in. 65 by 50 cm.
Provenance
Wako Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gerhard Richter, February - May 2005, cat. no. 889-4, pp. 250, 305 and 319, illustrated in color
Condition
This work appears excellent condition overall. There are no apparent condition problems with this work. Under ultra violet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"Accustomed to recognizing real things in paintings, we refuse, justifiably, to consider color alone (in all its variations) as what the painting reveals, and instead allow ourselves to see the unseeable...Paintings are all the better, the more beautiful, intelligent, crazy, and extreme, the more clearly perceptible and the less decipherable metaphors they are for this incomprehensible reality. Art is the highest form of hope."
-Richter