- Lucio Fontana Won 2,590 Thousand Dollars with an Incised Blank Canvas
- Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) was an Argentina/ Italian Artist. His installation art Concetto Spaziale, Attese expresses concept of space simply with the incising of a 61 x 50 CM blank colored canvas. Thi ......
Read More >>
- Bai Xueshi’s Traditional Chinese Painting Landscape of Lijiang Was Sold for 1.12 Millions Hong Kong Dollars
- Passed away in 2011, contemporary traditional Chinese painter Bai Xueshi was regarded as a master of contemporary landscape painting and an art educator who has many successful students. He enjoyed th ......
Read More >>
- French-American Artist Louise Bourgeois’s Bronze Sculpture Spider III Was Sold for 6.522 Millions US Dollars
- Louise Bourgeois, a sculptor, painter, critic and writer, is now 90 years old and still keeps an exuberant creative power. Created more than ten years ago, her bronze sculpture Spider III was sold for ......
Read More >>
- Alexander Calder’s Mobile Sculpture Untitled Was Sold for 8.314 Millions US Dollars
- Died in 1976, Alexander Calder was a famous American sculptor and the founder of mobile sculpture. Untitled (83.2 x 58.4 x 26.7 CM) is a representative work of Alexander Calder which is made up of pai ......
Read More >>
- David Smith’s Painted Steel Sculpture ZIG Was Sold for 9.21 Millions US Dollars
- David Smith (1906–1965) is one of the American artist who created sculptures on steel material. His colored steel sculpture ZIG (245.1 x 144.8 x 81.9 CM) was sold for 9.21 millions US Dollars at ......
Read More >>
- Famous American Abstractionist Cy Twombly’s Painting NYC 1968 Was Sold for 36.65 Millions US Dollars at Auction
- NYC (1968) is one of the best works of Cy Twombly, an American Painter who was born in 1928. The size is 152.4 x 173 CM. The artist used oil based house paint and wax crayon to paint on canvas. This w ......
Read More >>
- Contemporary Chinese Painter Li Huayi’s Traditional Chinese Painting Ensemble for Stone Was Sold for 2,240 Thousand Hong Kong Dollars at Sotheby Auctions
- Born in 1948 in Shanghai, contemporary Chinese painter Li Huayi now settles down in San Francisco. He is good at western painting and traditional Chinese painting. Ensemble for Stone (65.7 x 129.5 CM) ......
Read More >>
- American Artist Andy Warhol’s Small Painting Mao Was Sold for GBP545,000
- The small painting Mao (30.7 X 25.7 cm) was created by the late American pop artist Andy Warhol. He used acrylic paint to paint on silk-screen ink canvas, thus creating a unique comparison of texture. ......
Read More >>
- French-Chinese Painter Zao Wou-ki’s Oil Painting 13.1.90 Was Sold for 629 Thousand Pounds at Auction
- On June 29th, 2016, French-Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki’s oil painting 13.1.90 was sold for 629 thousand pounds at Sotheby Auctions. The size of this work is 88.7 ×115.5 cm. ......
Read More >>
- An Installation Art Spirale by German Artist Günther Uecker Was Sold for 629 Thousand Pounds at Auction
- On June 29th, 2016, an installation art Spirale, which was assessed for 250-350 thousand pounds before, was sold for 629 thousand pounds at Sotheby Auctions. This work was created by Günther Uecker, a ......
Read More >>
- Chang Dai-chien's work “Peach Blossom Spring” was sold at the price of 34.7 million US dollars
- Chang Dai-chien's work “Peach Blossom Spring”, which he created in his late years, was sold at the Sotheby’s Spring Auctions in April, 5th, 2016 at the price of 240 million Hong Kong dollars (34.7 mil ......
Read More >>
- Zhang Xiaogang's oil painting “Bloodline: Big Family NO.3” was sold for 15.5 million USD
- Zhang Xiaogang's oil painting “Bloodline: Big Family NO.3” was sold for 15.5 million USD at the Sotheby’s 2014 Spring Auctions, which broke his auction record of 79.06 million Hong Kong dollars for hi ......
Read More >>
- Qi Baishi work “Towering Pines and Cypress,” was sold for 61 millions USD
- Qi Baishi work “Towering Pines and Cypress,” was sold for 61 millions USD at the 2011 Spring China Guardian Auctions, creating the record of modern Chinese painting and calligraphy works at auctions.& ......
Read More >>
- Two photographs by Edward Henry Weston feature among the most expensive photographs ever sold
- As of 2013, two photographs by Edward Henry Weston feature among the most expensive photographs ever sold. A nude taken in 1925 was bought by the gallerist Peter MacGill for $1.6 million in 2008. Naut ......
Read More >>
- Jackson Pollock's No. 5 was sold for the sum of 140 millions USD
- In 2006, Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948 became the world's most expensive painting, when it was sold for the sum of $140,000,000. ......
Read More >>
- Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev Bought the No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) with 157 Million US Dollars
- In 2014, Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev bought the No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) created by Mark Rothko, a Russian-born American abstract expressionist painter, for 140 million euros, which would ......
Read More >>
- Phone Call by Xiao Lu Fetched Over One Million Yuan
- On China’s first contemporary installation art auction held by China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd.in November 2006, Phone Call by Xiao Lu was the first contemporary installation art work fetched ov ......
Read More >>
German Artist Gerhard Richter’s Oil Painting was Sold for a High Price at 17.71 Million Pounds
-
Auction date:2017-03-08
Sold Price:17.71 Million Pounds
Published Date:2017-03-12 11:57
- German Artist Gerhard Richter’s Oil Painting was Sold for a High Price at 17.71 Million Pounds
Contemporary-Art.org
- German artist Gerhard Richter (1932 - ) is one of the most popular living artists stars in the art market. His large scale oil paintings are usually sold for a high price (tens of millions of pounds) at auctions. He is not only good at abstract and realistic painting, but also does well in photography and glass art. His works are influenced by Picasso in some degree and also displays conceptualist feature.
At Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auctions in 8th, March, 2017, his oil painting on canvas Eisberg was sold for 17.70875 million pounds. This work was created in 1982 and the size is 100.5 cm X 151 cm. - Copyright Statement: All the reproduction of any forms about this work unauthorized by Singing Palette including images, texts and so on will be deemed to be violating the Copyright Laws.
To cite this webpage, please link back here.
Singing Palette