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Bridge 14 Feb 45 - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 2000 - MyArtBroker

Bridge 14 Feb 45
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 22

Year: 2000

Size: H 80cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Gerhard Richter’s Bridge 14 Feb 45 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,650 and £3,950. This lithograph print, created in 2000, has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market in May 2017. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £2,000, with a total sales volume of 1. The artwork has shown an average annual growth rate of 5%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 22.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
May 2017Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany

Meaning & Analysis

As if snatched from the clutches of Richter’s immense visual archive, or Atlas - a life-spanning collection of found images, personal and family photographs, and newspaper cuttings - Bridge 14 Feb 45 is rich with a sense of the artist’s career-long interest in history and memory. Made after an aerial reconnaissance photograph taken during one of the most intense days of World War Two bombing ever to take place, this print references both Richter’s place of birth - Dresden - and his adoptive home of Cologne. Depicting the pock-marked topography of the West German city of Cologne in the aftermath of allied air raids, the work references the date on which Dresden, in East Germany, was also subject to fierce bombardment by the Royal and American air forces. Eminently abstract, this view of the south of Cologne is quite unlike that which would normally be offered by a photograph; clarity lacks, the arteries of major roads, the collapsed Köln-Rodenkirchen bridge, and charred earth offering only an indication of the human impact of the attack.

Verngangenheitsbewältigung - or ‘working through the past’ - is a theme broached most famously in Richter’s 1988 series 18. Oktober 1977, which details the legacy of the West German terror group Die Rote Armee Fraktion - otherwise known as the ‘Baader-Meinhof Gang’ - Richter has long used images to discuss Germany’s traumatic recent history, as well his family’s involvement in it. This print is no different, and as such can be digested alongside other historically-charged works, such as Hund (1965) or Bahnhof Hannover (1967). The original work currently hangs inside a Cologne church.

  • 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.