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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2025 | Christie's | New York | 20th Century Evening Sale | 54A | $****** - ****** | Korsika (Schiff) | |||
Jun 27, 2000 | Christie's | London | Contemporary Art | 10 | $****** - ****** | Korsika |
paintings
86 x 91.1 cm (33.88 x 35.88 in)
oil on canvas
signed, inscribed, titled and dated "KORSIKA (III) Richter 68" (on the reverse)
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne
Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt
Private collection, Germany, 1969
Anon. sale; Christie"s, London, 27 June 2000, lot 10
MaxmArt, Mendrisio, Switzerland
Acquired from the above by the present owner
E. F. Frey, “Gerhard Richter, German Illusionist,“ Art in America, vol. 57, no. 6, November-December 1969, p. 126 (illustrated; titled Corsica, No. 3 ).
Gerhard Richter , exh. cat., 36th Venice Biennale, German Pavilion, 1972, pp. 40 and 70, no. 201 (illustrated).
R. Wedewer, “Zum Landschaftstypus Gerhard Richters,“ Pantheon, no. 33, January-March 1975, pp. 47-48, fig. 10 (illustrated).
J. Harten, ed., Gerhard Richter Bilder / Paintings 1962-1985, Cologne, 1986, pp. 38, 86 and 371, no. 201 (illustrated).
Gerhard Richter, Werkübersicht / Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1993, vol. 3, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1993, n.p., no. 201 (illustrated).
M. Mojana, "Contemporary Art: Biannual Balance," Tema Celeste, no. 82 , October-December 2000, pp. 28-29 (illustrated).
A. Zweite, Gerhard Richter Catalogue Raisonné 1993-2004, Düsseldorf, 2005, p. 48, no. 201.
D. Elger, Gerhard Richter, Maler , Colon, 2008, p. 191.
D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting, Chicago, 2009, p. 169.
D. Elger, ed., Gerhard Richter: Landscapes, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2011, pp. 5, 19 and 21.
D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 2, 1968-1979, Berlin, 2017, pp. 86-87, no. 201 (illustrated).
H. Miess, Die Freiheit der Dinge. Ergänzungen zu Gerhard Richters Werkserie 48 Portraits, Bielefeld, 2018, p. 172 (illustrated).
A. Zweite, Gerhard Richter. Leben und Werk. Das Denken ist beim Malen das Malen, Munich, 2019, pp. 226 and 239, no. 118 (illustrated).
A. Zweite, Gerhard Richter: Life and Work, Munich, London and New York, 2020, pp. 226 and 239, no. 118 (illustrated).
GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)
Korsika (Schiff)
signed, inscribed, titled and dated "KORSIKA (III) Richter 68" (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (86 x 91.1 cm.)
Painted in 1968.
