Vente: 479 / Classics of the 20th Century I 08 décembre 2018 à Munich Lot 820

 

820
Gerhard Richter
18.4.88, 1988.
Watercolor and graphite
Estimation:
€ 100,000 / $ 108,000
Résultat:
€ 118,750 / $ 128,250

( frais d'adjudication compris)
18.4.88. 1988.
Watercolor and graphite.
Richter Aquarelle 186. Signed and dated "18.4.88" in center at bottom. Verso once more signed and dated "18.4.88". On wove paper. 20.9 x 29.5 cm (8.2 x 11.6 in).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich.
Private Collection, Toronto.
Christie's, New York, 4 May 1995, lot 239.
Private Collection.
Private Collection Lower Saxony, Germany.

"I have always been fascinated by the abstract. It is so mysterious, offers so much to discover."
Gerhard Richter, 2011

To Richter abstract painting is a permanent challenge and a platform that offers a lot of room for various simultaneous actions and emotions. ”My presence, my reality, my problems and difficulties and my contradictions“ (Dorothea Detrich and Gerhard Richter, Gerhard Richter: An Interview, Print Collector`s Newsletter, 16, 1985, p. 128). The different superimposed paint structures show an abstract, material-related treatment of the color, so that the result always references its origination process. Gerhard Richter created a new form of abstract painting at a point where its forms and possibilities of expression were almost considered exhausted. He is able to create paintings that offer a very special independent visual experience.



820
Gerhard Richter
18.4.88, 1988.
Watercolor and graphite
Estimation:
€ 100,000 / $ 108,000
Résultat:
€ 118,750 / $ 128,250

( frais d'adjudication compris)