Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
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Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)

Souvenir (nos. 5, 19, 23 and 34)

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Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
Souvenir (nos. 5, 19, 23 and 34)
each: signed 'Richter' and numbered respectively (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas mounted on ivory cardboard, four works
each: 8¼ x 8¼in. (21 x 21cm.)
Painted in 1995
Provenance
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (A013513, A013574, A013570, A013573).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Gerhard Richter 1998, exh. cat., London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1998, no. 838/1-65 (another painting from the series illustrated in colour, unpaged).
H. Butin and S. Gronert (eds.), Gerhard Richter Editionen 1965-2004, Catalogue raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, no. 11 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 232).
Gerhard Richter Werkverzeichnis 1993-2004, Düsseldorf 2005, no. 838/1-65 (another painting from the series illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

These four works are part of a 1994 oil painting, formerly numbered 813/1, which was cut into sixty-four pieces by the artist and sold piece by piece.

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