Collection of Ed Cohen and Victoria Shaw

Lot 1. Anselm Kiefer (B.1945), Stefan II, watercolor and gouache on paper, 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 in. 21 by 28.6 cm. Executed in 1975. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner in January 1999 Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, Museum of Modern Art, Anselm Kiefer, December 1987 -... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. Anselm Kiefer (B.1945), Stefan!, titled and inscribed aller Tage Abend, aller Abende Tag., watercolor, gouache and ballpoint pen on paper, 8 1/8 by 11 1/8 in. 20.6 by 28.3 cm. Executed in 1975. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner in January 1999 Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. Gerhard Richter (B.1932), Seestück I (Seascape I), signed, dated 69 and numbered 130/150, offset lithograph on paper. Image: 16 3/8 by 15 5/8 in. 41.6 by 40 cm. Sheet: 20 by 19 3/8 in. 50.8 by 49.2 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Exhibited: Kunsthalle Bremen, Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-1993, October - November 1993, cat. no. 17, p. 81 (another example exhibited) Literature: Museum Folkwang, Gerhard Richter: Graphik 1965-1970, Essen 1970, n.p.René... [Lire la suite]

Lot 24. Gerhard Richter (B.1932), Untitled (5.5.89), signed and dated 5.5.89, oil on photograph, 5 7/8 by 4 in., 14.9 by 10.2 cm. Executed in 1989, this work will be included in the forthcoming publication Gerhard Richter: Overpainted Photographs, A Comprehensive Catalogue being compiled by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Joseph Hage. Provenance: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner Note: "Almost all the abstract paintings show scenarios, surroundings and landscapes that don’t... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 4. Gerhard Richter (B.1932), Souvenir 36/64, signed and numbered 36/64 on a label affixed to the reverse oil on canvas 8 1/4 by 8 1/4 in. 21 by 21 cm. Executed in 1995, this work is number 36 of 64 unique parts from the painting CR 813-0, which was cut into individual canvases by the artist. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner circa 1998  Literature: Hubertus Butin and Stefan... [Lire la suite]

Lot 228. Gerhard Richter (B.1932), Fuji (839-68), signed on the reverse oil on aluminum 14 1/2 by 11 1/2 in. 36.8 by 29.2 cm. Executed in 1996. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Galerie Fred Jahn, MunichPrivate Collection, USAPrivate Collection, New York   Literature: Hubertus Butin and Stefan Gronert, Eds., Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004, Ostfildern 2004, cat. no. 89, p. 238, another example illustrated in colorHubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert, and Thomas Olbricht,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. Gerhard Richter (B.1932), Abstraktes Bild (843-4), signed, dated 1997 and numbered 843-4 on the reverse oil on aluminum 21 5/8 by 18 7/8 in. 54.9 by 47.9 cm. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner in January 1999 Exhibited: Venice, Biennale di Venezia: XLVII, June - November 1997London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Gerhard Richter, 1998, September - October 1998, p. 15,... [Lire la suite]