Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red)
Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red)
Signed Mixed Media
Gerhard Richter
£340,000-£490,000
$640,000-$920,000 Value Indicator
$580,000-$840,000 Value Indicator
¥2,960,000-¥4,260,000 Value Indicator
€390,000-€560,000 Value Indicator
$3,360,000-$4,840,000 Value Indicator
¥57,210,000-¥82,450,000 Value Indicator
$430,000-$620,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Mixed Media
Edition size: 115
Year: 1993
Size: H 30cm x W 40cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Mixed Media
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempertz, Cologne - Germany | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media | ||||
| December 2023 | Ketterer Kunst Hamburg - Germany | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media | |||
| March 2023 | Phillips Hong Kong - Hong Kong | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media | |||
| March 2023 | Sotheby's Paris - France | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media | |||
| December 2021 | Ketterer Kunst Hamburg - Germany | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media | |||
| June 2021 | Sotheby's Zurich - Switzerland | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media | |||
| October 2020 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) - Signed Mixed Media |
Meaning & Analysis
Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) is a signed mixed media artwork by internationally renowned German painter, Gerhard Richter. Created in 1993, the artwork captures the evolution of Richter’s style after a radical reduction of his visual language and a step in the direction of monochrome art in the early 1970s.
Similarly to the Wald paintings, Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) confronts the viewer with an abstract composition combining layers of oil paint that vary in colours and textures. The artwork captures Richter’s continued negotiation between a conscious conceptual approach and the spontaneous paint distribution. The smooth surface of the top red layer of paint contrasts with the typical texture of Richter’s abstract works. Such paintings as Abstract Painting (726) (1990) or Abstract Painting (809-3) (1994) are characterised by the presence of subtle vertical lines, the characteristic traces of squeegee that has been dragged across the wet surface of the artwork.
Such 1990s abstract works as Grün Blau Rot (Green, Blue, Red) stand in opposition to Richter’s monochrome paintings of the earlier period. They show how the experimentation with colourful layers of oil paint allows the artist to move in the direction of lively, genre-defying compositions.