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Cage Grid I Single Part H - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 2011 - MyArtBroker

Cage Grid I Single Part H
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

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75 x 75cm, Edition of 4, Giclée print

Medium: Giclée print
Edition size: 4
Year: 2011
Size: H 75cm x W 75cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: October 2017
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October 2017
Christie's London
United Kingdom
$60,000
$70,000
$90,000
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Gerhard Richter's Cage Grid I Single Part H (signed) is a Giclée print from 2011, estimated to be worth between £45,000 and £70,000. This is a rare artwork with a steady value and an auction history of one sale on 7th October 2017. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 4.

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Meaning & Analysis

A prominent feature of the Cage Grid series, Cage Grid I Single Part H vaunts the creative prowess of Richter. Product of the artist’s uncharacteristic departure, in the early 1970s, from a strictly photographic or ‘realist’ style, the work is a bright assemblage of pastel-like colours ranging from sunflower yellows and pastoral greens through to vibrant pinks and purples. Like Cage f.ff II and Cage f.ff III, the work is testament to Richter’s semi-experimental creative process - a methodology that he himself has referred to as the ‘death’ of traditional painting itself.

Rooted in Richter’s fierce disavowal of his socialist realist training, this print bears visual traces of the wooden squeegees used to create the original painting it references - one of a number of 2006 works that Richter named his Cage paintings. Dragged across the canvas surface in a purposeful manner that nonetheless allows for the possibility of productive mistakes and ‘happy accidents’, these squeegees have allowed Richter to move away from the representational (visible in such works as Kerze (1988) and Elisabeth II (1966))  towards the non-representational - an artistic methodology referenced by his more recent artistic forays into Vergangenheitsbewältigung, or ‘coming to terms with the past’.

  • 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.