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Clouds (Window)

Wolken (Fenster)
Clouds (Window)

1970 in total 200 cm x 400 cm (four parts) Catalogue Raisonné: 266

Oil on canvas

Sotheby's, London, UK: 28 July 2020

Estimate: GBP 9,000,000 – 12,000,000 USD 11,569,300 – 15,425,800
Sold For:
GBP 10,449,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 13,432

Christie's, London, UK: 13 October 2014

Estimate: GBP 5,000,000 – 7,000,000 USD 8,130,000 – 11,382,000
Sold For:
GBP 6,242,500 (incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 10,031,698

Christie's, New York, USA: 18 November 1997

Estimate: USD 500,000 – 700,000
Sold For:
USD 552,500

This artwork is based on an image included in Atlas:

Wolken
Clouds 1970 Atlas Sheet: 213

This Atlas sheet includes the source images of the following works:

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This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

Wolken. Welt des Flüchtigen Clouds: Fleeting Worlds Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria 22 March 2013 – 01 July 2013
Baselitz bis Lassnig. Meisterhafte Bilder Baselitz to Lassnig: Masterpieces Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria 22 February 2008 – 25 May 2008
Passion for Art. 35 Jahre Sammlung Essl Passion for Art: 35 Years Essl Collection Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria 15 March 2007 – 26 August 2007
Augenblick – Foto / Kunst In the Blink of an Eye - Photography / Art Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria 15 February 2002 – 30 June 2002
Permanent 01 Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria 04 November 2000 – 20 February 2002
The First View Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria 06 November 1999 – 31 October 2000
Sammlung Frieder Burda. Gerhard Richter. Sigmar Polke. Arnulf Rainer Frieder Burda Collection: Gerhard Richter. Sigmar Polke. Arnulf Rainer Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany 14 September 1996 – 03 November 1996
Serielle Strukturen. Die Sammlung I Serial Structures: The Collection I Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany 27 March 1996 – 09 June 1996
Gerhard Richter – Paintings The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 19 September 1995 – 03 December 1995
Zeitzeichen. Stationen Bildender Kunst in Nordrhein-Westfalen Signs of Time: Stations of Visual Art in North Rhine-Westphalia Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany 30 January 1990 – 25 March 1990
Zeitzeichen. Stationen Bildender Kunst in Nordrhein-Westfalen Signs of Time: Stations of Visual Art in North Rhine-Westphalia Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany 10 November 1989 – 07 January 1990
Zeitzeichen. Stationen Bildender Kunst in Nordrhein-Westfalen Signs of Time: Stations of Visual Art in North Rhine-Westphalia Ministerium für Bundesangelegenheiten des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bonn, Germany 13 September 1989 – 19 October 1989
Landschaftsbilder Landscapes Der Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany 28 January 1989 – 12 March 1989
Gerhard Richter: Goslaer Kaiserringträger 1988 Bilder aus zwei Jahrzehnten Gerhard Richter: Recipient of the Goslar Emperor's Ring 1988 Paintings from Two Decades Mönchehaus-Museum Goslar, Goslar, Germany 24 September 1988 – 11 December 1988
Sammlung Ulbricht Ulbricht Collection Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 04 September 1983 – 16 October 1983
Sammlung Ulbricht Ulbricht Collection Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria 16 October 1982 – 10 November 1982
Sammlung Ulbricht Ulbricht Collection Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany 10 February 1982 – 28 March 1982

This artwork is included in the following publications:

Title Author Date

Issue

 01 January 2013

Publisher

 Walther König, Köln

Details

 Hardback, 79 pages

ISBN

 9783863354534

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 29, 30

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Gerhard Richter. Streifen & Glas Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert 2013

Issue

 01 January 2013

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Details

 Hardback, 368 pages

ISBN

 9783775735889

ISBN

 9783950301847

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 290-291 (colour)

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Wolken. Welt des Flüchtigen Natter, Tobias G. / Ballhausen, Thomas / Busch, Werner / Greiner, Bernhard / Kutzenberger, Stefan / Smola, Franz / Stückelberger, Johannes / Wagner, Paul / Wolf, Herta 2013

Issue

 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

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 84, 85, 86, 207

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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

Issue

 01 January 2012

Publisher

 Prestel, München

Editor

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

Details

 Hardback, 305 pages

ISBN

 9783791351896

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 207

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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

Issue

 01 January 2009

Publisher

 University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

Details

 Hardback, 408 pages

ISBN

 9780226203232

Language

 English

Category

 Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 372

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

Issue

 01 January 2008

Publisher

 Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg

Details

 Softcover, 199 pages

ISBN

 9783902001436

Language

 English German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 12, 154-155 (colour)

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Baselitz bis Lassnig. Meisterhafte Bilder. Baselitz, Kiefer, Lüpertz, Polke, Rainer, Richter, Lassnig Essl, Karlheinz / Gohr, Siegfried / Schmied, Wieland / Oberhollenzer, Günther 2008

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. 200, 248

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 2007

Publisher

 Edition Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg

ISBN

 9783902001344

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 220-221 (colour)

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Passion for Art. 35 Jahre Sammlung Essl 1972-2007 Schmied, Wieland / Bonami, Francesco / Schmidt, Bill, Sara / Felber, Andreas / Knapp, Gottfried / Essl, Karlheinz 2007

Issue

 01 January 2007

Publisher

 Edition Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg

ISBN

 9783902001351

Language

 English

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 220-221 (colour)

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Passion for Art. 35th Anniversary of the Essl Collection Schmied, Wieland / Bonami, Francesco / Schmidt, Bill, Sara / Felber, Andreas / Kanpp, Gottfried / Essl, Karlheinz 2007

Issue

 01 January 2005

Publisher

 Hirmer Verlag, München

Details

 Hardback, 264 pages

ISBN

 3777426059

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 168 (colour)

Exhibitions

The catalogue Wolkenbilder. Die Erfindung des Himmels was published on the occasion of the group exhibition Wolkenbilder. Von John Constable bis Gerhard Richter at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau in 2005.

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Wolkenbilder. Die Erfindung des Himmels Kunz, Stephan / Stückelberger, Johannes / Wismer, Beat 2005

Issue

 01 January 2004

Publisher

 Thames & Hudson, London

Details

 Softcover, 304 pages

ISBN

 9780500284711

Language

 English

Category

 Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 51
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New Art in the 60s and 70s: Redefining Reality Anne Rorimer 2004

Issue

 01 January 2002

Publisher

 DuMont, Köln

Details

 Hardback, 420 pages

ISBN

 9783832158484

Language

 German

Category

 Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 276

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 2002

Publisher

 Edition Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg

Details

 Hardback, 165 pages

ISBN

 3902001062

Language

 English German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 118-119 (colour)

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Augenblick. Foto / Kunst Frisinghelli, Christine / Iglar, Rainer / Maumacher, Michael / Schlegel, Eva / Renner, Lois / Essl, Karl-Heinz / Bösch, Gabriele 2002

Issue

 01 January 1999

Publisher

 DuMont, Köln

Details

 Hardback, 424 pages

ISBN

 377015228X

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 156-157 (colour)

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Sammlung Essl - the First View Bösch, Gabriele 1999

Issue

 01 January 1999

Publisher

 Gli Ori, Prato

Details

 Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

 8887700079

Language

 Italian English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 16, 17, 30

Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter Corà, Bruno / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Chevrier, Jean Francois / Moscati, Italo 1999

Issue

 01 January 1996

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

 Hardback, 311 pages

ISBN

 3893228608

Language

 English German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 287
Discussed: pp. 39, 48-49
Illustrated: p. 30-31 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer. Sammlung Frieder Burda = Collection Frieder Burda Poetter, Jochen / Brehm, Margrit / Möckel, Birgit 1996

Issue

 01 January 1989

Publisher

 DuMont, Köln

Details

 Softcover, 618 pages

ISBN

 377012314X

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 570
Illustrated: p. 86 (colour)

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Zeitzeichen: Stationen Bildender Kunst in Nordrhein-Westfalen Ruhrberg, Karl 1989

Issue

 01 January 1989

Publisher

 Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg

Details

 Hardback, 83 pages

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 66, 81
Illustrated: p. 66 (b/w)

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Landschaftsbilder Hendrickson, Janis / Sauer, Michael / Carus, Carl Gustavus / Gercken, Günther 1989

Issue

 01 January 1989

Publisher

 Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Details

 Hardback, 236 pages

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 13

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas Zweite, Armin 1989

Issue

 01 January 1989

Publisher

 Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Details

 Softcover, 236 pages

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 13

Exhibitions

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Atlas was published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. Atlas der Fotos, Collagen und Skizzen in Städtische Galerie in the Lenbachhaus, München.

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas Zweite, Armin 1989

Issue

 01 January 1986

Publisher

 DuMont, Köln

Details

 Softcover, 402 pages

ISBN

 3770117727

Language

 German English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 38, 39, 377
Illustrated: p. 119 (colour)

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

Issue

 01 January 1982

Publisher

 Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn

Details

 Softcover, 117 pages

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 112
Illustrated: p. 29 (colour)

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Sammlung Ulbricht Stemmler, Dierk / Fischer, Alfred M. 1982

Issue

 01 January 1972

Publisher

 Museum Folkwang, Essen

Details

 Hardback, 154 pages

Language

 Italian German English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 11, 42
Illustrated: p. 72 (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

 Edition René Block, Berlin

Details

 Hardback, 193 pages

Language

 German

Category

 Monographs

Notes

Published in two volumes: Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus 1: Werkverzeichnisse bis 1971; Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus 2: Werkverzeichnisse der Druckgrafik, September 1971 - May 1976
Artwork Illustrated: p. 39 (b/w)
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Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus. KP Brehmer, Hödicke, Lueg, Polke, Richter, Vostell. Werkverzeichnisse bis 1971 Block, René / Vogel, Carl 1971

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Photo Paintings Clouds, CR: 266