Lot 218
  • 218

Gerhard Richter

Estimate
12,500 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Firenze
  • signed, dated 2000 and numbered 83/99 on the reverse
  • oil on colour photograph
  • 12 by 12cm.; 4¾ by 4¾in.
  • This work is number 83 from a series of 99 unique works plus 12 artist's proofs and 7 Hors Commerces.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2006

Literature

Hubertus Butin, Ed., Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004: Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, p. 260, illustration of another example from the series in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is richer and deeper in the original. Please note that the catalogue illustration is bigger than the original work. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The upper and bottom right corner tips are bending inwards very slightly. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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