Gerhard Richter painting being auctioned by Malekis could topple record

Gerhard Richter may have expressed his shock when one of his squeegee paintings sold for £30.4m at Sotheby’s last February, making him the world’s most valuable living painter, but this record could be toppled again at the London auction house next month. Abstraktes Bild (1990) is the top lot in Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale on 10 February, and carries the same estimate as last year’s record-breaking picture: £14m-£20m.
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