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Photograph · ed. 230/500
Phillips · Sep 3, 2026£6,450 ≈ $8,706 ≈ €7,495Sign up free to see price
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Kerzenschein (Candle-light)
Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932) · 1984
HK$101,970,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $13,077,653≈ £9,802,603≈ €11,508,979
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, numbered and dated '554-3 Richter 1984' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 200.3 x 179.7 cm. (78 7/8 x 70 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Association with Poly Auction (HK010321)
- Date
- November 30, 2021
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 16
- Estimate
- HK$55,000,000 – HK$75,000,000 (≈ $7,053,750 – $9,618,750) (≈ £5,287,272 – £7,209,917) (≈ €6,207,648 – €8,464,974)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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