Gerhard Richter

German · b. 1932 · Painter, Sculptor

Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the… (Wikipedia)

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1,637lots offered1997–2026years recorded96%sold (1,566)$16.8kSign up free to seemedian price

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Abstraktes Bild (636)Phillips · Nov 2023$34,800,000≈ £28,306,491≈ €32,450,578Sign up to see
Kerzenschein (Candle-light)Phillips · Nov 2021HK$101,970,000≈ $13,077,653≈ £9,802,603≈ €11,508,979Sign up to see
Abstraktes Bild (940-7)Phillips · Jun 2021HK$95,100,000≈ $12,255,537≈ £8,661,769≈ €10,060,365Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $16.8kfree account

High

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Lots sold

1,566

of 1,633 offered · 1997–2026

Sell-through

96%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 580 of 1,565 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

4 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	298	276	93%	$758kSign up	$106kSign up	$35MSign up
Oil	280	259	93%	$806kSign up	$118kSign up	$35MSign up
Acrylic	3	3	100%	$68.7kSign up	$85.9kSign up	$96.7kSign up
Mixed media	4	3	75%	$5.5kSign up	$5.7kSign up	$5.7kSign up
Works on paper	95	87	92%	$117kSign up	$73.1kSign up	$1.2MSign up
Watercolor	28	28	100%	$147kSign up	$132kSign up	$433kSign up
Drawing	27	25	93%	$42.9kSign up	$18.2kSign up	$454kSign up
Prints & multiples	805	786	98%	$20.9kSign up	$9.1kSign up	$419kSign up
Etching	2	2	100%	$4.5kSign up	$4.5kSign up	$5kSign up
Lithograph	80	73	91%	$15.9kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$162kSign up
Screenprint	142	138	97%	$23.2kSign up	$16.4kSign up	$264kSign up
Print (other)	569	561	99%	$20.6kSign up	$7.8kSign up	$419kSign up
Multiple	12	12	100%	$42.6kSign up	$11.7kSign up	$115kSign up
Photography	381	366	96%	$27.9kSign up	$18.5kSign up	$190kSign up
Photograph	381	366	96%	$27.9kSign up	$18.5kSign up	$190kSign up
Sculpture	7	5	71%	$22.3kSign up	$26kSign up	$27.3kSign up
Other	47	46	98%	$22.9kSign up	$13kSign up	$150kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	56	54	$19kSign up
2025	121	119	$18.5kSign up
2024	92	89	$16.2kSign up
2023	124	116	$19.3kSign up
2022	124	119	$26kSign up
2021	93	92	$29.6kSign up
2020	87	84	$23.6kSign up
2019	95	85	$15.6kSign up
2018	102	97	$17.5kSign up
2017	130	124	$12.4kSign up
2016	108	100	$18.3kSign up
2015	116	109	$21kSign up
2014	54	50	$26.4kSign up
2013	48	46	$11.6kSign up
2012	33	33	$12.5kSign up
2011	33	33	$14.2kSign up
2010	41	41	$11.7kSign up
2009	10	10	$25kSign up
2008	16	15	$6.6kSign up
2007	49	49	$6.4kSign up
2006	26	26	$11.9kSign up
2005	30	30	$3.3kSign up
2004	22	22	$3.2kSign up
2003	17	17	$1.7kSign up
2002	4	4	$1.7kSign up
2001	1	1	$116kSign up
1997	1	1	—Sign up