Gerhard Richter

EIS 11, Ice 2

2003

An original 42 color handmade screen print exhibition poster on Somerset rag paper by German artist Gerhard Richter (1932-) titled "EIS 11, Ice 2", 2003. Published by the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., New York City. Text at bottom: "Lincoln Center / List Art Posters 40th Anniversary". Produced in a limited edition of 500, (450 for sale to the public); it is not signed; based upon his work: "EIS II" 1989/2003. Gerhard Richter is the highest selling living artist in the world with over $1 billion in sales within the last 5 years. Sheet size: 44.75" x 34.5". Image size: 40" x 32". Very rare. Excellent condition.

Gerhard Richter (German: born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. His art follows the examples of Picasso and Jean Arp in undermining the concept of the artist's obligation to maintain a single cohesive style.

In October 2012, Richter's Abstraktes Bild set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at $34 million (£21 million). This was exceeded in May 2013 when his 1968 piece Domplatz, Mailand (Cathedral square, Milan) was sold for $37.1 million (£24.4 million) in New York. This was further exceeded in February 2015 when his painting Abstraktes Bild sold for $44.52 million (£30.4 million) in London at Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Sale.