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Gerhard Richter

German • b. 1932

Biography

Powerhouse painter Gerhard Richter has been a key player in defining the formal and ideological agenda for painting in contemporary art. His instantaneously recognizable canvases literally and figuratively blur the lines of representation and abstraction. Uninterested in classification, Richter skates between unorthodoxy and realism, much to the delight of institutions and the market alike.

Richter's color palette of potent hues is all substance and "no style," in the artist's own words. From career start in 1962, Richter developed both his photorealist and abstracted languages side-by-side, producing voraciously and evolving his artistic style in short intervals. Richter's illusory paintings find themselves on the walls of the world's most revered museums—for instance, London’s Tate Modern displays the Cage (1) – (6), 2006 paintings that were named after experimental composer John Cage and that inspired the balletic 'Rambert Event' hosted by Phillips Berkeley Square in 2016.

Insights

Gerhard Richter's highest record at auction stands at $46.3 million for Abstraktes Bild, 1986.
Richter's evolution of abstraction over the course of four decades was on display at Phillips New York in January 2017 in the largest private selling exhibition ever.
The artist hosts a complete online catalogue raisonée with detailed records of exhibition history, literature citations and editorial notes.
Nine of Richter's top 10 performing canvases at auction are abstract works.

"Art is the highest form of hope."

Past Lots

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Gerhard Richter
Hood (B. 88)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
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112
Gerhard Richter
Tulips (P17)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
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177
Gerhard Richter
Waldhaus (House in the Woods) (P18)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £5,715
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178
Gerhard Richter
Cage 1 (P19-1)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,890
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179
Gerhard Richter
Cage 4 (P19-4)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £9,525
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180
Gerhard Richter
Cage 6 (P19-6)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £9,525
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181
Gerhard Richter
Flow (P15)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,620
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182
Gerhard Richter
Bagdad (P10)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,286
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183
Gerhard Richter
Aladin (P11)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,032
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184
Gerhard Richter
Tulips (P17)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,985
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74
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (P1)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £24,130
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75
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,320
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147
Gerhard Richter
Two works: (i) Ifrit; (ii) Aladin
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
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107
Gerhard Richter
Studie für ein abstraktes Bild
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $304,800
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108
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (20 OKT. 92)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $215,900
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116
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
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167
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (1.8.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
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168
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (13.4.08)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
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34
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (636)
Estimate On Request
Sold for $34,800,000
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38
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (557-3)
Estimate $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for $2,298,500
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181
Gerhard Richter
Grau
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
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11
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (456-2)
Estimate HK$7,500,000 - 12,000,000
Sold for HK$11,340,000
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152
Gerhard Richter
December 2020 C
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
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255
Gerhard Richter
Flow (P15)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,255
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