Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter 1932 Berglandschaft. 1968. Pencil. Signed and dated in the lower left along the side margin. On firm wove paper. 68.5 x 57 cm (26.9 x 22.4 in), nearly the full sheet. [EH]. More works from the Kropatscheck Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, December 4, 2026; in our “Valuable Books” auction on Monday, November 23, 2026; and in our Online Sale from January 15 through February 15, 2027f. • Gerhard Richter’s “ATLAS” includes an underlying photograph. • The following year, Richter created his famous “Swiss Alps” paintings (CR nos. of the paintings: 224/1–5). • Extremely rare: a pencil drawing by Gerhard Richter. PROVENANCE: Peter Dibke Collection, Düsseldorf (acquired directly from the artist) Fritz Eugen and Hannemarie Kropatscheck Collection, Hamburg (since 1998, Sotheby’s). LITERATURE: Dieter Schwarz, Gerhard Richter. Zeichnungen 1964–1999, Catalogue Raisonné, CR no. 68/2 (with ill.). - - Sotheby’s, London, German and Austrian Art from 1900 to the Present Day, July 2, 1998, Lot 23 (with ill.) Helmut Friedel and Ulrich Wilmes (eds.), Gerhard Richter, Atlas der Fotos, Collagen und Skizzen. Munich / Cologne, 1997. “Because I was surprised by the photograph, which we all use in such vast quantities every day. I was suddenly able to see it from a different perspective—as an image that, free from all the conventional criteria I had previously associated with art, offered me a different viewpoint. It had no style, no composition, no judgment; it freed me from personal experience; at first, it had nothing at all—it was a pure image.” Gerhard Richter, quoted from: Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter, Maler, Cologne 2008, p. 64. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 18.26 h +/- 20 min.

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