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Schattenbild II
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

£4,800-£7,000Value Indicator

$10,000-$14,500 Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,000 Value Indicator

¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator

€5,500-€8,000 Value Indicator

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¥950,000-¥1,390,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$9,500 Value Indicator

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50 x 54cm, Edition of 150, Photographic print

Medium: Photographic print

Edition size: 150

Year: 1968

Size: H 50cm x W 54cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: February 2025

Value Trend:

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February 2025
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Germany
N/A
N/A
N/A
September 2021
Christie's New York
United States
May 2008
Sotheby's New York
United States
March 2004
Lempertz, Cologne
Germany
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Gerhard Richter's Schattenbild II, a signed photographic print from 1968, is estimated to be worth between £4,800 and £7,000. This artwork has been sold 4 times at auction since its initial sale on 12th March 2004. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £5,087, with a total sales volume of 1. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,539 in September 2021 to £5,087 in February 2025. The average annual growth rate of this work is 17%. This piece is part of a limited edition of 150.

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Meaning & Analysis

Together with Schattenbild I (1968), Schattenbild II (1968) is a prime example of Richter’s experimental, semi-abstract work of the late 1960s. Contrasting with the artist’s realist portraits, such as the iconic Onkel Rudi (2000), his still lives, and his Übermalungen - or ‘overpainted’ photographs, this image combines programmatic technique and a certain ‘abstract’ sensibility quite unlike that explored by Richter in his later abstracts. A precursor to the procedural methodology used to create the Cage Grid series - an assemblage of ‘squeegee’-based works inspired by the work of avant-garde composer, John Cage - Richter’s ‘shadow paintings’ were created in 1967 and 1968. These works explored rigid, organised forms, such as windows, and were marked for their austere palettes and mood.

In 1961, Dresden-born Richter escaped the German Democratic Republic - or ‘East Germany’ - just a few weeks before the building of the Berlin Wall. He would never see his parents again. Settling in the affluent Rheinland city of Düsseldorf, West Germany, Richter began studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under the Karl Otto Götz, a pioneer of the Art Informel movement. In Düsseldorf, Richter kicked against his prior training in socialist realist art, which he had received at the strictly ideological Dresden Academy, later co-founding the ‘Capitalist Realist’ style with Sigmund Polke and Konrad Fisher.

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