One of the top lots of the auction of postwar and contemporary art Sotheby's May 14 will be the work of Gerhard Richter's photorealistic «Domplatz, Mailand» («Cathedral Square, Milan") with an estimate of 30-40 million dollars

Gerhard Richter
«Domplatz, Mailand» (« Cathedral Square, Milan "). 1968
canvas. 275 x 290
Estimate: $ 30-40 million
Source: sothebys.com

One of the top lots of the auction of postwar and contemporary art Sotheby's May 14 will be the work of Gerhard Richter's photorealistic «Domplatz, Mailand» («Cathedral Square, Milan") with a grade of 30 -40,000,000 dollars. Landscape beautiful square was painted by the German artist in 1968 and commissioned by Siemens Electro specifically for the Milan office. At the moment of writing, this was the largest figurative works Richter (nearly the size of three by three meters).

«Domplatz, Mailand» ranks among the best photo-realistic works Richter 1960. Bisect the space of the canvas building Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (mall XIX century) and the Duomo. Such compositions like Richter contrasts commerce and religion. The picture was 30 years in the Milan office of Siemens, in 1998 it was sold to the Pritzker family. The next ten years in the painting owned by the Pritzker held at the Park Hyatt in Chicago. And now it put up for auction Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Before the New York auction Sotheby's work will be shown Richter in Hong Kong, Zurich and London.

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources : Press Release Sotheby's