Sale: 372 / Post War / Contemporary Art, Oct. 23. 2010 in Munich Lot 714

 
Gerhard Richter - Kanarische Landschaften I


714
Gerhard Richter
Kanarische Landschaften I, 1971.
Heliograph
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720
Sold:
€ 10,980 / $ 11,858

(incl. surcharge)
6 Heliographs, released by Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich
Butin 39 a-f. Each signed and numbered 59/100. On wove paper. Up to: 15,2 x 22,8 cm (5,9 x 8,9 in)Sheet: each 40 x 50,3 cm (15,7 x 19,8 in).
Printed by the 'Grafische Kunstdruckerei Dunkes', Munich. Loose sheets, individually mounted, lacking wrapper. The complete set.

The series of heliographs "Kanarische Landschaften I" and "Kanarische Landschaften II" wee made after photographs the artist made on the Canary Islands in 1969. Each motif is framed by two bordering lines. Richter deliberately made his landscape views in the tradition of reproduction engravings and city views of the 18th and 19th century. [EH].




714
Gerhard Richter
Kanarische Landschaften I, 1971.
Heliograph
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720
Sold:
€ 10,980 / $ 11,858

(incl. surcharge)