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Schwarz Rot Gold IV - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 2015 - MyArtBroker

Schwarz Rot Gold IV
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

£7,500-£11,500Value Indicator

$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

$13,500-$21,000 Value Indicator

¥70,000-¥110,000 Value Indicator

9,000-14,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

¥1,440,000-¥2,210,000 Value Indicator

$9,500-$14,500 Value Indicator

-2% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 100

Year: 2015

Size: H 38cm x W 38cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Gerhard Richter's Schwarz Rot Gold IV (signed) is a screenprint from 2015, with an estimated value between £7,500 and £11,500. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in December 2015. In the past 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £4,986 in July 2020 to £7,932 in June 2023. The average annual growth rate for this piece is -2%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2023Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
July 2020Christie's New York United States
May 2017Wright United States
December 2015Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Like Schwarz Rot Gold I (1998), this print is a rare example of Richter’s forays into sculpture. Known largely for his photorealist ‘blur’ paintings, such as Elisabeth II (1966) and Kerze (1988), and his large-scale abstract paintings, such as Abstraktes Foto (1989) and Abstraktes Bild (P1) (1990), Richter places German Vergangenheitsbewältigung at the heart of this image. Markedly less ambiguous than his ghostly ‘photo paintings’, such as Wolke Cloud (1971), its straightforward treatment of the German tricolour flag is nonetheless rich with the artist’s deconstructive, enigmatic touch, product of his sustained interest in the legacies of Germany’s turbulent, traumatic history. Richter tackled this theme most famously in his 1988 series 18. Oktober 1977, which deals with the traumatic legacy of Rote Armee Fraktion (or Baader Meinhof Gang) - a terrorist group active in West Germany during the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

Richter’s Schwarz, Rot, Gold commission is not the first time that Richter has been commissioned to create large-scale public art.  In 2007, he created a stained-glass window for Cologne Cathedral - one of the largest religious buildings in the world. This commission saw Richter depart entirely from religious themes, opting rather for a grid-like formation of 11,500 ‘pixels’ - a stand-in for the ‘non-representational nature of the Divine’. In 2017, Richter gifted the German Reichstag an abstract triptych painting entitled Birkenau. This work is a visual tribute to the victims of the largest concentration camp run by Nazi Germany - Auschwitz-Birkenau.

  • 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.