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Otto Ritschl

Documented citizenships : Germany

Komposition 1974/12 is an oil on canvas measuring 130 × 97 cm. The catalogue describes a violet signature and the date “Ritschl 74” at the lower left; on the reverse, the work is signed and titled “Ritschl Komp. 74/12”. According to the same catalogue, the painting is to be included in the supplement to Wolff Mirus’s catalogue raisonné. The published provenance traces it to a private collection in Lower Saxony.

This profile brings together identity references for Otto Ritschl and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

8auction references
1auction house
8documented results with prices

Lempertz

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.

Works recorded at auction

Otto Ritschl — Abstract composition
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Lempertz · Lot 252

Abstract composition

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Abstrakte Komposition
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2023-06-07

Published result : 27720 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 10000

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Otto Ritschl — Abstrakte Komposition 54/26
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Lempertz · Lot 227

Abstrakte Komposition 54/26

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Abstrakte Komposition 54/26
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2022-06-02

Published result : 30240 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 7000

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Otto Ritschl — Komposition 74/25
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Lempertz · Lot 267

Komposition 74/25

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Komposition 74/25
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2021-12-04

Published result : 6500 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 6000

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Otto Ritschl — Composition 1974/12
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Lempertz · Lot 278

Composition 1974/12

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Komposition 1974/12
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2021-06-18

Published result : 6000 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 6000

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Otto Ritschl — Composition
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Lempertz · Lot 457

Composition

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Komposition
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2020-12-09

Published result : 11875 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 5000

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Otto Ritschl — Composition
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Lempertz · Lot 458

Composition

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Komposition
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2020-12-09

Published result : 12500 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 4000

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Otto Ritschl — Der Betrunkene
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Lempertz · Lot 104

Der Betrunkene

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Der Betrunkene
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2020-12-08

Published result : 118750 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 30000

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Otto Ritschl — Composition
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Lempertz · Lot 544

Composition

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Komposition
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2018-06-01

Published result : 12400 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 5000

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