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Two Sculptures for a Room by Palermo

Zwei Skulpturen für einen Raum von Palermo
Two Sculptures for a Room by Palermo

1971 each 174 cm x 20,3 cm x 25,4 cm (with base) (two parts) Catalogue Raisonné: 297-1

Plaster, oil painted grey, on wooden bases

The sculptures depict Gerhard Richter (left) and Blinky Palermo (right).

Sotheby's, London, UK: 22 June 2006

Estimate: GBP 400,000 – 600,000 USD 738,000 – 1,107,000
Sold For:
GBP 624,000
USD 1,151,280

Artist Room Collection, Tate, London and National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK


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01 January 2022

Publisher

MIT Press, Cambridge

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Softcover, 696 pages

ISBN

9780262543538

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English

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 299-300, 658, 659, 661
Discussed: pp. 282-285, 292-297
Illustrated: p. 283-284, 287 (detail) (colour)
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Gerhard Richter: Painting after the Subject of History Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. 2022

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01 January 2021

Publisher

Walther König, Köln

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Softcover, 108 pages

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9783960989578

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German

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Monographs
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Gerhard Richter: Zwei graue Doppelspiegel für ein Pendel in Münster 2018 Schwarz, Dieter 2021

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01 January 2019

Publisher

Heni Publishing, London

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Softcover, 176 pages

ISBN

9781912122240

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English

Category

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A series of seven interviews between art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and visual artist Gerhard Richter.

Artwork Mentioned: pp. 26, 53, 154, 155, 175
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The Richter Interviews Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Richter, Gerhard 2019

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01 January 2017

Publisher

Duke University Press, Durham

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Softcover, 163 pages

ISBN

9780822370017

Language

English

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 53
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Unconsolable Contemporary: Observing Gerhard Richter Rabinow, Paul 2017

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01 January 2017

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Heni Publishing, London

Editor

Pietropaolo, Francesca

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Hardback, 925 pages

ISBN

9780993010354

Language

English

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Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 730
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Robert Storr: Interviews on Art Storr, Robert 2017

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01 January 2016

Publisher

Wako Works of Art Co., Ltd, Tokyo

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Softcover, 79 pages

ISBN

9784902070460

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Japanese English

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Collections
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 29, 36, 71, 74
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Gerhard Richter. 14 Panes of Glass for Toyoshima, dedicated to futility Elger, Dietmar / Hayashi, Sumi 2016

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01 January 2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Editor

Obrist, Hans Ulrich

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Hardback, 188 pages

ISBN

9783906053158

ISBN

9783775738057

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 94-95

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The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Pictures / Series accompanies Gerhard Richter’s exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler. The show is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, a longstanding friend of Richter

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Gerhard Richter: Pictures / Series Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter 2014

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01 January 2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Editor

Obrist, Hans Ulrich

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Hardback, 188 pages

ISBN

978-3775738040

ISBN

3775738045

Language

German

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 95

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The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Bilder / Serien accompanies Gerhard Richter’s eponymous exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler. The show is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, a longstanding friend of Richter

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Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Serien Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter 2014

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01 January 2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas

Details

Hardback, 337 pages

ISBN

9783775735193

ISBN

3775735194

Language

English

Category

Monographs
Artwork Discussed: pp. 68-70
Illustrated: p. 69 (colour)

The publication Gerhard Richter. Editions 1965 – 2013 updates the catalogue raisonné of his editions that was published ten years earlier. This book includes additionally 35 new and hitherto unknown works

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Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2013 Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas 2014

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01 January 2014

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Walther König, Köln

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Hardback, 267 pages

ISBN

9783902947079

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German

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Musée à vendre pour cause de faillite, discours. Werke und Dokumente aus der Herbert Foundation und mumok im Dialog Badura-Triska, Eva / Fuchs, Rainer / Kraus, Karola / Krystof, Doris / Stemmrich, Gregor 2014

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01 January 2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas

Details

Hardback, 337 pages

ISBN

9783775735186

ISBN

3775735186

Language

German

Category

Monographs
Artwork Discussed: pp. 69-70
Illustrated: p. 69 (colour)

The publication Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965 – 2013 updates the catalogue raisonné of his editions that was published ten years earlier. This book includes additionally 35 new and hitherto unknown works

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Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2013 Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas 2014

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01 January 2012

Publisher

Édition du Centre Pompidou, Paris

Editor

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille

Details

Hardback, 304 pages

ISBN

978-2844265746

ISBN

284426574X

Language

French English

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 286
Illustrated: p. 286, 291 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter, Panorama: une rétrospective = a retrospective Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine 2012

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01 January 2012

Publisher

Prestel, München

Editor

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille

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Hardback, 305 pages

ISBN

9783791351896

Language

German

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 73, 286, 291
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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: Retrospektive Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine 2012

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01 January 2011

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 192 pages

ISBN

9783775726399

Language

English

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 61-62
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Gerhard Richter. Landscapes Butin, Hubertus / Bätschmann, Oskar / Elger, Dietmar 2011

Issue

01 January 2011

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

Hardback, 862 pages

ISBN

9783863350567

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

2nd ed.

Artwork Mentioned: pp. 9

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Atlas displays 783 plates of Gerhard Richter’s Atlas. Atlas is a collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and sketches, which the artist compiled and then arranged on single sheets

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Gerhard Richter. Atlas Friedel, Helmut 2011

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01 January 2011

Publisher

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Details

Hardback, 176 pages

ISBN

9781606060407

Language

English

Category

Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 114-116
Illustrated: p. 116 (b/w)

Gerhard Richter: Early Work, 1951–1972 is a collection of six essays, which were delivered at the symposium on the occasion of the exhibition From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden at the Getty Center, Los Angeles in 2007.

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Gerhard Richter. Early Work 1951-1972 Mehring, Christine / Nugent, Jeanne / Seydl, Jon L. / Curley, John J. / Gillen, Eckhart J. / Gronert, Stefan / Elger, Dietmar / Lang, Karen 2011

Issue

01 January 2011

Publisher

Marsilio, Venezia

Details

Softcover, 219 pages

ISBN

9788831711128

Language

Italian

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 202
Discussed: pp. 16-18
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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter Garbin, Emanuele 2011

In

Art in America

Issue

01 October 2010, Vol. 98, No. 9, p. 69 - 76

Language

English

Category

Essays
Artwork Illustrated: p. 76 (colour)
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Reading Richter Storr, Robert 2010

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01 January 2010

Publisher

Hazan, Vanves

Details

334 pages

ISBN

2754100644

Language

French

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 149 (colour)
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Gerhard Richter Elger, Dietmar 2010

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01 January 2009

Publisher

Dia Art Foundation / Richter Verlag

Editor

Cooke, Lynne / Kelly, Karen

Details

Hardback, 207 pages

ISBN

9783937572512

Language

English

Category

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Artwork Discussed: pp. 68-71
Illustrated: p. 44 (colour)
Illustrated: p. 68 (b/w)
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Blinky Palermo: To the People of New York City 2009

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01 January 2009

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

Details

Hardback, 408 pages

ISBN

9780226203232

Language

English

Category

Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 197, 322
Discussed: pp. 188-189
Illustrated: p. 186, 187 (colour)

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting Elger, Dietmar 2009

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01 January 2009

Publisher

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA

Details

Hardback Softcover, 188 pages

ISBN

9780262513128

Language

English

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 76 (b/w)
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Gerhard Richter (October Files ; 8) Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Koch, Gertrud / Crow, Thomas / Pelzer, Birgit / Osborne, Peter / Foster, Hal / Meinhardt, Johannes / Haidu, Rachel 2009

Issue

01 January 2008

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Details

Softcover, 415 pages

ISBN

9783832190651

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Corrected and extended new edition.

Artwork Mentioned: pp. 217, 223, 226, 359
Discussed: pp. 210-212
Illustrated: p. 210, 211 (colour)

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler Elger, Dietmar 2008

Issue

01 January 2006

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 224 pages

ISBN

9783775717243

Language

German

Category

Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 70, 101
Discussed: pp. 96-97

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Gerhard Richter. Portraits is the first publication that focuses solely on Richter’s portraits, many of which have now gained both recognition and veneration across the globe.

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Gerhard Richter. Portraits Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus 2006

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01 January 2006

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 224 pages

ISBN

9783775717250

Language

English

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 70, 96-97, 101

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Gerhard Richter. Portraits is the first publication that focuses solely on Richter’s portraits, many of which have now gained both recognition and veneration across the globe.

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Gerhard Richter. Portraits Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus 2006

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01 January 2006

Publisher

Thames & Hudson, London

Details

Hardback, 862 pages

ISBN

9780500970171

Language

English

Category

Monographs

Notes

Encyclopedic new edition,which completely revises and updates the 1997 edition and includes 147 additional plates.

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At 864 pages, this monumental and comprehensive publication maps the ideas, processes, life and times of Gerhard Richter. Conceived and closely edited by Richter himself, Atlas cuts straight to the heart of the artist's work

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Gerhard Richter. Atlas Friedel, Helmut 2006

Issue

01 January 2006

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

Hardback, 862 pages

ISBN

9783883758015

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Encyclopedic new edition that completely revises and updates the 1997 edition and includes 147 additional plates.

Artwork Mentioned: pp. 9

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Gerhard Richter. Atlas Friedel, Helmut 2006

Issue

01 January 2005

Publisher

Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf in association with D.A.P Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY

Details

Hardback, 323 pages

ISBN

9783937572208

ISBN

978-3937572208

Language

German

Category

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This catalogue raisonné records Richter’s works in the years 1999-2004. In his work, Gerhard Richter calls into question painting's boundaries, and the labels applied to painting and theories connected with them.

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Gerhard Richter. Werkverzeichnis 1993-2004 Zweite, Armin 2005

Issue

01 January 2005

Publisher

Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf in association with D.A.P Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY

Details

Hardback, 324 pages

ISBN

9783937572215

ISBN

393757221X

Language

English

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 73-75

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This catalogue raisonné records Richter’s works in the years 1993-2004. In his work, Gerhard Richter calls into question painting's boundaries, and the labels applied to painting and theories connected with them.

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Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné 1993–2004 Zweite, Armin 2005

Issue

01 January 2004

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Softcover, 285 pages

ISBN

3775714308

Language

German

Category

Monographs
Artwork Discussed: pp. 50
Illustrated: p. 50 (colour)

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The catalogue raisonné of Gerhard Richters editions 1965–2004 was published to coincided with exhibitions in Bonn, Lucerne, Emden, Tübingen and Salzburg.

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Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2004 Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan 2004

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01 January 2004

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan

Details

Hardback, 320 pages

ISBN

3775714316

Language

English

Category

Monographs
Artwork Illustrated: p. 50 (colour)

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The catalogue raisonné of Gerhard Richters editions 1965–2004 was published to coincide with exhibitions in Bonn, Lucerne, Emden, Tübingen and Salzburg.

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Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004 2004

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01 January 2002

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Details

Hardback, 420 pages

ISBN

9783832158484

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 249, 406
Discussed: pp. 232, 233, 236, 242
Illustrated: p. 234, 235 (colour)

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler Elger, Dietmar 2002

Issue

01 January 1999

Publisher

Gli Ori, Prato

Details

Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

8887700079

Language

Italian English

Category

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Artwork Discussed: pp. 17, 30, 31
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Gerhard Richter Corà, Bruno / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Chevrier, Jean Francois / Moscati, Italo 1999

Issue

01 January 1997

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Details

Softcover, 654 pages

ISBN

3770138694

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978-3770138692

Language

German

Category

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Notes

47. Berliner Festwochen in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 07.09.1997-11.01.1998

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Deutschlandbilder. Kunst aus einem geteilten Land Gillen, Eckhart 1997

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01 January 1997

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Details

Hardback, 312 pages

ISBN

978-3770143948

ISBN

3770143949

Language

German

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Die Maler und ihre Skulpturen. Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter Finckh, Gerhard / Baumgärtel, Bettina 1997

In

October. Art, theory, criticism, politics

Issue

01 November 1996, Vol. 75, p. 60 - 82

Publisher

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

ISBN

0162-2870

Language

English

Category

Essays
Artwork Illustrated: p. 66 (b/w)
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Divided Memory and Post-Traditional Identity. Gerhard Richter's Work of Mourning Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. 1996

Issue

01 January 1995

Publisher

Oktagon, Stuttgart

Details

Hardback, 678 pages

ISBN

3927789747

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 118 (colour)

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Ernste Spiele. Der Geist der Romantik in der deutschen Kunst 1790-1990 Vitali, Christoph 1995

Issue

01 January 1993

Publisher

Insel Verlag, Frankfurt a. M.

Details

Softcover, 277 pages

ISBN

3458165606

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 61 (b/w)
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Text: Schriften und Interviews Richter, Gerhard / Obrist, Hans Ulrich 1993

Issue

01 January 1989

Publisher

Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Details

Hardback, 236 pages

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 11, 16

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas Zweite, Armin 1989

Issue

01 January 1988

Publisher

Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona

Details

Softcover, 195 pages

ISBN

8476641540

Language

Catalan English

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 22 (b/w)

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Punt de Confluència. Joseph Beuys, Düsseldorf 1962-1987 Wiese, Stephan von / Lissón, Mar 1988

Issue

01 January 1987

Publisher

Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

Details

Softcover, 338 pages

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 331

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Brennpunkt Düsseldorf, 1962-1987 Wiese, Stephan von 1987
Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985 Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar 1986

Issue

01 January 1985

Publisher

Silke Schreiber Verlag, München

Details

Hardback, 127 pages

ISBN

978-3-88960-003-5

ISBN

3-88960-003-4

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 28 (colour)
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Gerhard Richter Loock, Ulrich / Zacharopoulos, Denys / Elger, Dietmar 1985

In

Artforum

Issue

01 January 1985, p. 82 - 91

ISBN

0004-3532

Language

English

Category

Online Publications
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 91
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Gerhard Richter. Painting as a Moral Act Bruggen, Coosje van 1985

Issue

01 January 1982

Publisher

Padiglione d'Arte Contemporaneo, Milan

Details

Softcover, 24 pages

Language

Italian

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Gerhard Richter Corà, Bruno 1982

Issue

01 January 1978

Publisher

Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Details

Softcover, 20 pages

Language

English

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 6 (b/w)

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Gerhard Richter. Abstract paintings Fuchs, Rudolf Herman / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. 1978

Issue

01 January 1977

Publisher

Musée national d'art Moderne, Paris

Details

Softcover, 73 pages

ISBN

2858500290

Language

French

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 13 (b/w)

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Gerhard Richter Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. 1977
Europe in den Seventies. Aspects of Recent Art Speyer, A. James / Rorimer, Anne / Ammann, Jean-Christophe / Brown, David / Fuchs, Rudolf Herman 1977

Issue

01 January 1975

Publisher

Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen

Details

Softcover, 108 pages

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 89-90
Illustrated: p. 76 (b/w)

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder aus den Jahren 1962-1974 Grüterich, Marlis / Schneckenburger, Manfred 1975

Issue

01 January 1972

Publisher

Museum Folkwang, Essen

Details

Hardback, 154 pages

Language

Italian German English

Category

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Artwork Mentioned: pp. 43
Illustrated: p. 57 (b/w)

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Gerhard Richter. 36. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione tedesco = 36. Biennale in Venedig, Deutscher Pavilion = 36. Biennale in Venice, German Pavilion Honisch, Dieter / Helms, Dietrich / Honnef, Klaus / Ohff, Heinz / Dienst, Rolf Gunther / Schön, Rolf / Polke, Sigmar 1972

Issue

01 January 1971

Publisher

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Details

Softcover, 136 pages

Language

German

Category

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Artwork Illustrated: p. 131 (b/w)

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Gerhard Richter. Arbeiten 1962-1971 Hering, Karl-Heinz / Helms, Dietrich 1971

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