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Auto (Car)
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 120

Year: 1969

Size: H 36cm x W 46cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Gerhard Richter's Auto (Car) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,600 and £5,500. This lithograph print, created in 1969, has shown consistent popularity at auction, with 11 total sales since its entry to the market in April 2004. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 120.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
Lempertz, Cologne Germany
June 2017Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
June 2015Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
December 2014Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany
March 2014Hampel Fine Art Auctions Germany
April 2013Hampel Fine Art Auctions Germany

Meaning & Analysis

In this image, Richter turns his attention toward an object steeped in the consumerist ideologies of Western Capitalism of the immediate Post-War period - the car. Richter makes use of the aerial view with which he has experimented in his Swiss Alps and photorealist Cloud prints, harnessing its representative powers to question traditional art historical perspective.  All is not what it seems, however: this work is adapted from a photograph shot through a window, but the car at the centre of the image is in fact a model, mounted on the window frame. ‘Set up’ in the same vein as a model for a stage set, this work sees Richter experiment with composition in a playful manner.

All the more whimsical than the artist's serious, architecturally-focused paintings - such as Bahnhof Hannover (1967) - Auto (Car) - this print suggests Richter’s glee at having found himself in an entirely new environment, wholly dissimilar from that in which he grew up. 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 - then just 29 - began studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Karl Otto Götz, a pioneer of the Art Informel movement.

  • 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.