Gerhard Richter

S.D.

Found at Sothebys, London
Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 16
8. Oct - 14. Oct 2021
Estimate: 7.000.000 - 9.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 9.619.800 GBP
Property from the Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection
Gerhard Richter
b. 1932
S.D.
signed, dated 1985 and numbered 575-2 on the reverse
oil on canvas
200 by 200 cm. 78¾ by 78¾ in.
Mrs Helga Lauffs (acquired directly from the artist in April 1986) | Thence by descent to the present owner

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

The work S.D. by Gerhard Richter was sold in the Contemporary Art Evening Auction auction at Sothebys in London in October 2021. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 9,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 9,619,800.00 (€ 11,396,864.85). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Gerhard Richter - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Abstraktes Bild, which sold at auction in February 2015 for GBP 30,389,000.00 (€ 41,901,917.57).

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Die Arbeit S.D. von Gerhard Richter wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion Contemporary Art Evening Auction bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 9.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 9.619.800,00 (€ 11.396.864,85) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Gerhard Richter mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Abstraktes Bild beobachtet, die im Februar 2015 für GBP 30.389.000,00 (€ 41.901.917,57) versteigert wurde.

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