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

Cage Grid I Single Part J
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 2015
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October 2015
Christie's London
United Kingdom
$100,000
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$140,000
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The value of Gerhard Richter's Cage Grid I Single Part J (signed) is estimated to be worth between £50,000 and £80,000. This Giclée print, created in 2011, is a rare artwork with an auction history of one sale on 17th October 2015. This work is a part of a limited edition of 4 and has shown a consistent value growth since its initial sale.

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Meaning & Analysis

A particularly striking example of Richter’s œuvre, this work comprises a variety of different tones of green, yellow, and grey. A standout example of Richter’s use of home-made squeegees as means to create large-scale abstract paintings, the work speaks to the artist’s use of layering and ‘blurring’ as means to test - and push - the restrictive limits of traditional painting. Made after one of the artist’s ‘Cage’ paintings, this print elides the boundaries between music - specifically that of US avant-garde composer John Cage, with whom Richter was fascinated at the time - and painting.

In the 1960s, Richter’s life changed forever. In 1961, the artist and his young family escaped from what was then the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, later settling in the affluent West German city of Düsseldorf. Bringing about a dramatic shift from the Soviet, commuinist sphere of influence, on the one hand, to the newly-founded Bundesrepublik Deutschland - or ‘West Germany’ - on the other, this move came just weeks before the building of the Berlin Wall - a notorious section of the ‘Iron Curtain’ that the German city in half. Allowing Richter to leave his strict, socialist realist training at the Dresden Academy behind, the artist’s escape introduced him to post-war capitalism, its often aggressive culture of advertising, and the avant-garde - to which he had first been exposed as a visitor to the documenta II exhibition in 1959. This exhibition, held in the Western city of Kassel, comprised works by the likes of Jackson Pollock and Pablo Picasso. As in many of the Cage paintings, its presence here is felt.

  • 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.

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