Sale 7570
New York, Park Avenue
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19 November 1992
Price realised
USD 85,800
Estimate
GERHARD RICHTER (b. 1932) Untitled (608-3) signed, dated and numbered Richter 1986 608-3 on the reverse--oil on canvas 32 3/8 x 26 3/8in. (82.2 x 67cm.)
Provenance
Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
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Exhibited
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Positionen, Cologne, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Gerhard Richter: 20 Bilder, Oct.-Nov. 1987, no. 608-3 (illustrated)
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