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Orchid II - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 1998 - MyArtBroker

Orchid II
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

£35,000-£50,000Value Indicator

$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥320,000-¥460,000 Value Indicator

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$340,000-$490,000 Value Indicator

¥6,680,000-¥9,550,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

5% AAGR

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 25

Year: 1998

Size: H 29cm x W 37cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Gerhard Richter's Orchid II (signed) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This lithograph print, created in 1998, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This work has an auction history of 8 total sales since its entry to the market in November 2004. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £30,000, across 1 sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £22,000 in July 2017 to £30,000 in November 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
June 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
November 2018Phillips New York United States
May 2018Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers United States
June 2015Phillips London United Kingdom
May 2014Lempertz, Cologne Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Rendered in a realistic manner, the artwork features an orchid against a plain brown background. Coupling an engaging simplicity with technical sophistication, the artwork links Richter to a rich lineage of still life painters, including Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. The serenity and brightness of the image contrast starkly with Richter’s monochrome paintings of the earlier period. Orchid II captures how the experimentation with colours and mediums allows the artist to move in the direction of a lively and buoyant visual language. The artist commented in this context: “‘I do not pursue any particular intentions, system, or direction. I do not have a programme, a style, a course to follow. I have brought not being interested in specialist problems, working themes, in variations towards mystery. I shy away from all restrictions, I do not know what I want, I am inconsistent, indifferent, passive; I like things that are indeterminate and boundless, and I like persistent uncertainty”.