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Seestück I - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 1969 - MyArtBroker

Seestück I
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

£12,000-£18,000Value Indicator

$24,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

$21,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

¥110,000-¥160,000 Value Indicator

14,500-22,000 Value Indicator

$120,000-$170,000 Value Indicator

¥2,250,000-¥3,380,000 Value Indicator

$15,000-$22,000 Value Indicator

23% AAGR

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 150

Year: 1969

Size: H 42cm x W 40cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Gerhard Richter's Seestück I (signed), a lithograph from 1969, is a rare artwork with an estimated value of £12,000 to £18,000. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £4,500 in December 2020 to £16,075 in April 2023. This work has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 23%. This is a popular piece, having been sold 21 times at auction since its initial sale in May 2003. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2023Christie's New York United States
March 2021Christie's New York United States
December 2020Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2020Galerie Kornfeld Germany
December 2018Sotheby's New York United States
December 2018Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
November 2018Wright United States

Meaning & Analysis

Marking a departure from the non-referential exploration of formal artistic concerns seen in works such as Schattenbild I (1968) and Schattenbild II (1968), and Richter’s ‘shadow paintings’ more generally, Seestück I constitutes an important meeting between the acclaimed German artist and another cornerstone of the contemporary: landscape painting. Depicting a cold, grey sea and an horizon line, with this image Richter reminds the viewer that abstraction is as much a product of the natural world as that of technology. Resembling a photograph, this piece is stunning in its granular detail, and a foremost example of the artist’s ‘blur’ technique.

The work’s indeterminacy constantly refers us to photographic technologies; yet the minutiae of Richter’s brushstrokes, barely visible yet hauntingly palpable, evoke not only a desire to record life as it is, but to create a unique, singular image that could only be produced by the human hand. Commenting on his ‘blur’ technique, Richter once said: ‘I blur things so that they do not look artistic or craftsmanlike but technological, smooth and perfect. I blur things to make all the parts a closer fit. Perhaps I also blur out the excess of unimportant information.’

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