Six works of Richter for $ 40 million at Christie's
At the auction Christie's postwar and contemporary art on May 8 appears a group of six works by Gerhard Richter created between the late 1960s to early 1990s
at Christie's auction of postwar and contemporary art on May 8 in New York will be a group of six significant works by Gerhard Richter. String total estimated at more than $ 40 million.
One of the most outstanding works of the group - "Abstract Painting (798-3)" in 1993. The work was bought about 20 years ago in a gallery in London dealer Anthony d'Offeya (Anthony D'Offay) and since then has never been exhibited. This monumental (240 x 240) canvas made in the landmark technique Richter - by layers of paint soskrebyvaniya long spatulas. Estimate "Abstract picture (798-3)" is 14-18 million dollars. (For comparison: the most expensive painting to date, Richter - "Abstract Painting (849-3 ) "1997, measuring 260 x 340 - was sold in November 2011 for 20.8 million dollars . - AI.)
Another important Lot - "Seascape (little cloudy)" in 1969, made Richter photorealistic technique. This is one of a small group of marine landscapes, most of which are now included in the collections of the world's museums - the Museum of modern art in Fort Worth (Texas), State Gallery of Stuttgart, Hamburg Kunsthalle and others. When you create a work of Richter has combined two photos - cloudy skies and gray seas. At first glance, the work is striking in its natural beauty. A more thorough study of this illusion is dissipated due to small discrepancies between the top and bottom of the image.
Work «Farbschlieren "(" color slide ") was written by Richter in 1968, in a pivotal period for the artist when he first began to think about what future awaits painting and right opposite to each other and figurative abstraction. The unique composition of early abstraction Richter "color slide" anticipates his future multiple series of "abstract art", which he began building in 1980.
Christie's auction on May 8 appears as "Purple abstract painting (600-2) "in 1986, exhibited at the recent Richter retrospective at London's Tate Modern. The artist himself chose this painting for the exhibition. The work was created during the period of intense creative exploration Richter, on the one hand, this homage to the past of painting, but on the other - one of the early work of his new period, when he decided to concentrate on creating abstractions.
 Gerhard Richter abstract painting (646 -3). 1987 Oil on canvas. 120 x 100 Christie's. 08/05/2012. Lot number 49 Estimate: 2.5-3.5 million Source: |  Gerhard Richter Abstract Painting (646-4). 1987 Oil on canvas. 120 x 100 Christie's. 08/05/2012. Lot number 56 Estimate: 2.5-3.5 million Source: |
Two more "abstract painting" medium size - (646-3) and (646-4) - come from the same series in 1987. Each is estimated at 2.5-3.5 million. "Abstract Painting (646-4)" participated in the pre-show, held in Moscow last week.
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
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