Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property from the Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection
Abstraktes Bild
Auction Closed
October 14, 06:49 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000,000 - 7,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection
Gerhard Richter
b. 1932
Abstraktes Bild
signed, dated 1985, and numbered 576-1 on the reverse
oil on canvas
180 by 120 cm. 71 by 47⅛ in.
Mrs Helga Lauffs (acquired directly from the above in January 1986)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exh. Cat. (and catalogue raisonné), Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Gerhard Richter: 1962-1993, Volume III, Bonn 1993, n.p., no. 576-1, illustrated in colour
Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné, 1976-1987, Volume 3, Ostfildern 2013, p. 456, no. 576-1, illustrated in colour
Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange/ Haus Esters, Die Leere und die Fülle. Aus der Sammlung Lauffs und den Sammlungen der Krefelder Kunstmuseen, February – May 2004