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Besetztes Haus (Squatter's House) - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 1990 - MyArtBroker

Besetztes Haus (Squatter's House)
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

£2,400-£3,550Value Indicator

$4,950-$7,500 Value Indicator

$4,400-$6,500 Value Indicator

¥23,000-¥35,000 Value Indicator

2,750-4,100 Value Indicator

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62 x 80cm, Edition of 100, Lithograph

Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 100
Year: 1990
Size: H 62cm x W 80cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2023
Value Trend:
-2% AAGR

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2023
Karl & Faber
Germany
$4,550
$5,500
$6,500
April 2023
Sotheby's New York
United States
June 2022
Koller Zurich
Switzerland
December 2020
Lempertz, Cologne
Germany
December 2019
Ketterer Kunst Hamburg
Germany
June 2017
Lempertz, Cologne
Germany
April 2016
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Gerhard Richter’s Besetztes Haus (Squatter's House) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,400 and £3,550. This lithograph print, created in 1990, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in September 2008. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £3,889 in April 2023 to £11,810 in June 2022. The average annual growth rate of this artwork is -2%. This work has a steady auction history, having been sold 12 times at auction. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Meaning & Analysis

Based on a photograph taken from Richter’s Atlas - a vast assemblage of found images, newspaper cuttings, and family photographs - Besetztes Haus is a stunning image painted in a photorealistic style. Depicting the side of an apartment building in Richter’s home country of Germany, it is striking for its monochromatic palette as well as for its realism. To the right of the image, trees and shrubbery assume an abstract form that is nonetheless true to life; to its left, the ghostly outline of an apartment building speaks to Richter’s skill at portraying light and shadow. Despite its subject matter - a squatter’s house -  the image sees Richter refrain from political or ideological commentary - something he has often done in the past, having grown up surrounded by both Nazism and Communism. Rather, the artist observes the material reality of the world around him, portraying it as it is.

Richter’s Atlas makes reference to a central figures in European art history: Aby Warburg. Born in the late 19th century, Warburg invented a new way of looking at art and images, which he dubbed ‘iconology’. Warburg’s ‘Mnemosyne Atlas’ - a large-scale study of art consisting of 40 panels, onto which were affixed around 1,000 images from newspapers, magazines, and books - was arranged thematically in as diverse categories. These included ‘coordinates of memory’, ‘vehicles of tradition’ and ‘archaeological models’. With his own Atlas, Richter constructs a similar assemblage of images that refer to historical events, such as the rise of Mao in China and the Holocaust, as well as key moments in his personal life.

  • Hailing from Germany, Gerhard Richter has not been confined to one visual style. A testament to versatility and artistic diversity, Richter's work spans from photorealism to abstraction and conceptual art, and his portfolio is rich in varied media. From creating bold canvases to working on glass to distort the lines between wall-based art and sculpture, Richter has honed in on the blur technique to impart an ambiguity on his creations. To this day, Richter is one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century with his art having been presented in exhibitions worldwide. His global impact underscores his legacy as a trailblazer of artistic exploration.