Is Paul Allen Selling His Gerhard Richter Painting"
The art world is buzzing over the announcement from Phillips that Gerhard Richter?s photorealist painting Düsenjäger will be sold at Phillips? Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The Seattle Times reports that painting may belong to Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen but Phillips has not confirmed this. The piece is one of earliest of […]The post Is Paul Allen Selling His Gerhard Richter Painting" appeared first on Pursuitist.
The art world is buzzing over the announcement from Phillips that Gerhard Richter?s photorealist painting Düsenjäger will be sold at Phillips? Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The Seattle Times reports that painting may belong to Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen but Phillips has not confirmed this.The piece is one of earliest of Richter?s recognized works and was part of the artist?s small and celebrated group of warplane pictures. It is estimated at $25-35 million, was last sold at auction in 2007 by Christie’s where it set a record auction price for the artist of $11.2 million.Jean-Paul Engelen, Phillips? Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, ?We?re honored to include Dusenjager from Gerhard Richter?s series of warplanes in our sale, which is easily the most important work by the artist to have ever been offered by Phillips. His photorealist paintings, especially those of such high quality, are rare to the market and the auction on November 16th presents an exceptional ...
The art world is buzzing over the announcement from Phillips that Gerhard Richter?s photorealist painting Düsenjäger will be sold at Phillips? Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The Seattle Times reports that painting may belong to Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen but Phillips has not confirmed this.The piece is one of earliest of Richter?s recognized works and was part of the artist?s small and celebrated group of warplane pictures. It is estimated at $25-35 million, was last sold at auction in 2007 by Christie’s where it set a record auction price for the artist of $11.2 million.Jean-Paul Engelen, Phillips? Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, ?We?re honored to include Dusenjager from Gerhard Richter?s series of warplanes in our sale, which is easily the most important work by the artist to have ever been offered by Phillips. His photorealist paintings, especially those of such high quality, are rare to the market and the auction on November 16th presents an exceptional ...
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