Sale: 378 / Post War / Contemporary Art, May 07. 2011 in Munich Lot 279

Gerhard Richter - Aus: Schweizer Alpen I


279
Gerhard Richter
Aus: Schweizer Alpen I, 1969.
Silkscreen in colours
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605
Sold:
€ 2,875 / $ 3,076

(incl. surcharge)
Silkscreen in colors
Butin 20. Signed. With stamp "Gerhard Richter (1969) 'Schweizer Alpen' Motiv A1 A2 B1 B2 B3" on verso. One of 300 copies. On half cardboard. 69 x 69,1 cm (27,1 x 27,2 in), the full sheet
Motif A 1. Sheet 1 from the series of 5 silkscreens after the paintings of the same name from 1969 (catalog raisonné no. of the paintings: 224/1-5), which, in return, were based on a number of photgraphs that Richter took through the window of an air plane on a journey to Milan in 1968. Printed by Hans H. Hotze, Essen. Released by the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg. [JS].




279
Gerhard Richter
Aus: Schweizer Alpen I, 1969.
Silkscreen in colours
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605
Sold:
€ 2,875 / $ 3,076

(incl. surcharge)