Summer auction at Ketterer Kunst to offer works by Ilona Singer and Hans Thoma
Hans Thoma, Flora, 1882. Oil on paper, 113 x 62 cm / 44.4 x 24.4 in. Estimate: 25,000-35,000 / US$ 28,750-40,250.
MUNICH
.- Two works by Ilona Singer and Hans Thoma have both notable provenances and a fascinating history in common. On top they also represent best practice when it comes to finding solutions for works of looted art. Now these two rediscoveries will be sold in the Summer Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on June 18/19.
Unfortunately, large scale rehabilitation of loss of Jewish property attributed to prosecution still is no matter of course. And this is where I see the art trade bearing responsibility. We must not leave owners of such difficult works alone with their problems, says company owner Robert Ketterer. We have to deploy all our competence to find solutions. Which is why I am all the happier that we were able to identify the true heirs and that we could help to medi
Ketterer Kunst to offer an impressive work of art made by Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 2001. Oil on Dibond. 50 x 72 cm / 19.1 x 28.3 inches. Estimate: 600.000-800.000 / US$ 690,000-920,000.
MUNICH
.- Mission accomplished. Gerhard Richter has completed his pictorial uvre at the age of 89. His paintings made in squeegee technique mark the peak of his creation. A particularly fine example of these internationally sought-after works will be called up in the Ketterer Kunst auction in Munich on June 18/19 with an estimate of 600,000-800,000.
Gerhard Richter is more than the superstar of the German art scene. His name is of global significance, as grand exhibitions and retrospectives, at, among others, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York as well as Tate Modern in London, show. Accordingly, the art world was all the more shocked when the artist unpretentiously announced Things come to an end at some point last fall. S
Digital technology spurs Ketterer Kunst to world records in Covid year
Gerhard Richter, Christiane und Kerstin. Estimate: 580,000. Sold for: 2,625,000.
MUNICH
.- Proceeds of nearly 30 million grossed in the second half of 2020 made for the best season result on the German market for the fifth consecutive time for Ketterer Kunst, the leading auction house for Art of the 19th, 20th and 21st Century. A sales total of 60 million for all of 2020 repeatedly confirmed the houses number one position in the ranking of German art auction houses. Despite Covid, the company keeps up with the record level of the two previous years. With 126 results in six-figure realms, the to date record mark of 114 was also topped. Additionally, three results beyond the magic million euro line, as well as numerous world records also contribute to the companys excellent standing.