On february 10 at sotheby’s london, gerhard richter’s painting abstraktes bild sold for $46.3 million, establishing an auction record for the highest sale by a living european artist.

Abstraktes bild gerhard richter. Discover limited edition prints, multiples and photography at. He applies and then removes the layers of paint, revealing dramatic rifts and fractures which show traces of the painting’s complex texture. Created in 1989, this painting is dramatic in color and engaging in composition, aptly demonstrating the theater of richter’s idiosyncratic painterly method.

‪gerhard richter ‬(1932, germany) title: Painted in 1990, this jewel of abstraktes bild series live and breathes aesthetic dynamism. The »bidding war« ended at usd 4,350,000 (€ 3,853,991), 24% above the upper estimate.

If you are planning a visit to sfmoma to see a specific work of art, we suggest you contact us at collections@sfmoma.org to confirm it will be on view. Original in der großen auswahl bei ebay. In november last year christies in new york held the auction 20th century evening sale, which included the work abstraktes bild by gerhard richter.

Verso mittig auf dem label signiert, datiert und nummeriert. The composition is structured with geometric shapes and lines that might at first appear as fractured icebergs emerging. Gerhard richter ‘abstraktes bild’ :

Great prices on your favourite home brands, and free delivery on eligible orders. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on mutualart. In a series of completely abstract works of the early 1990s, richter challenges the eye of the viewer to detect anything in the field of vision other than the pure elements of his art:

When first offered at auction in february 2007,. Please note that artwork locations are subject to change, and not all works are on view at all times. In 1976, richter first employed the term abstract painting as a formal title for many of his works, such as this example.