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Wolke (Cloud) - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 1971 - MyArtBroker

Wolke (Cloud)
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

£7,000-£11,000Value Indicator

$14,000-$22,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$20,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,340,000-¥2,100,000 Value Indicator

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15% AAGR

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 150

Year: 1971

Size: H 60cm x W 64cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Gerhard Richter’s Wolke (Cloud) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,000 and £11,000. This lithograph print, created in 1971, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 15%. This work has an auction history of 13 total sales since its entry to the market in May 2003. In the last 12 months, the total sales volume was 0. 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
October 2023Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
April 2017Phillips New York United States
November 2015Lempertz, Cologne Germany
September 2015Christie's London United Kingdom
June 2015Phillips London United Kingdom
March 2015Christie's London United Kingdom
October 2014Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

A standout example of Richter’s painterly modus operandi during the late 1960s and early 70s, Wolke (Cloud) is a sublime image marked for its superbly technical treatment of the natural world. Depicting a lone cloud sat above a grey horizon, the beauty of this piece operates by instituting a visual contrast between its foreground - a whispy, ethereal white cloud - and its backround - a gloomy, brooding sky ready to burst with rain. Like other works in the Atlas series, including Schattenbild I (1968), Schattenbild II (1968), and Seestück I (1969), the print speaks to visual strength of Richter’s unique painterly style, as well as the artist’s so-called ‘blur’ effect, which permeates so many of his realist and photorealist creations.

During the late 1960s, Richter was living and studying in the West German city of Düsseldorf - a place known locally as the Schreibtisch des Ruhrgebiets, or ‘writing desk of the Ruhr’. An affluent city famed for housing the offices of large industrial corporations based in West Germany’s coal producing regions, Düsseldorf was - and still is - home to a thriving art scene. Having managed to escape to the West from communist East Germany just weeks prior to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Richter was confronted with newfound personal artistic freedoms. At the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, he co-founded the Capitalist Realism art movement, parodying the consumer-driven culture of his new surroundings as well as his strict socialist realist training, which he received back in Dresden.

  • 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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