Wand (Wall) Explained
| Wand (Wall) |
| Artist: | Gerhard Richter |
| Catalogue: | GRAD 806 |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 240 |
| Width Metric: | 240 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Private collection |
Wand (Wall) is an oil painting by Gerhard Richter executed in 1994. It was in Richter's private collection for over 15 years before he sold it to the Wako Works of Art gallery in Tokyo in 2010. It was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 12 February 2014 for £17,442,500.[1] [2] [3]
Bibliography
- Exhibition Catalogue, London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Gerhard Richter, 1998, p. 87, no. 806, illustrated in colour
- art Das Kunstmagazin, no. 12, December 1999, front cover, illustrated in colour
- Robert Storr, Gerhard Richter: Malerei, Ostfildern 2002, p. 245, illustrated in colour
- Joost Zwagerman, Transito, Amsterdam/Antwerp 2006, pp. 160–61, illustrated in colour
Notes and References
- Web site: Contemporary Art Evening Auction 12 February 2014. Sotheby's. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135108/http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/contemporary-art-evening-auction-l14020/lot.12.html. 24 September 2015. live.
- News: Adam. Georgina. Why is Gerhard Richter worth £21 million?. The Daily Telegraph. https://web.archive.org/web/20140316131013/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9606489/Why-is-Gerhard-Richter-worth-21-million.html. 16 March 2014. live.
- News: Paintings by Richter and Freud to be sold by Sotheby's. Reuters. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100026/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/uk-art-auction-sothebys-idUKBREA0S1MC20140129. 2 February 2014. live.
