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War Cut II (20/50)

War Cut II (20/50)
War Cut II (20/50)

2004 25.5 cm x 21.8 cm Editions CR: 125

Special edition of the artist's book 'War Cut I', flexible binding with painted linen over cardboard

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War Cut II is a special edition (70 copies) of the artist's book War Cut (both published by Walther König in 2004).

Both editions contain 340 pages and 216 illustrations showing details from Abstract Painting [CR: 648-2], 1987, accompanied by 155 texts taken from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of March 20 and 21, 2003 (the beginning of the Iraq War). The editions also contain an index of the printed texts and some short, untitled remarks by Gerhard Richter. The editions have flexible cardboard covers with red linen covering, and yellow, red, blue, and black offset print.

For the War Cut II special edition, each of the 70 copies has a unique cover painted by Richter.

Edition:
50 copies in light grey cardboard slipcase (designed by Richter), signed, dated and numbered in Roman numerals in graphite pencil on the endpaper, also numbered in Roman numerals in felt-tip pen on the penultimate page; oil paint on book cover applied with squeegee by Richter.

20 copies in light grey cardboard slipcase (designed by Richter), signed, dated numbered in Roman numerals and marked h.c. (not for sale) in graphite pencil on the endpaper; some of these also signed, dated, and numbered in Roman numerals in ballpoint or felt-tip pen on the penultimate page, oil paint applied to book cover with squeegee.

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Title Author Date

Issue

01 January 2017

Publisher

Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln

Editor

Olbricht, Thomas

Details

Hardback, 163 pages

ISBN

9783864422003

Language

German English

Category

Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 148-149
Discussed: pp. 152-153

Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Unikate in Serie / Unique Pieces in Series Butin, Hubertus 2017

Issue

01 January 2017

Publisher

Edition Folkwang / Steidl, Göttingen

Editor

Museum Folkwang

Details

Softcover, 63 pages

ISBN

9783958293564

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 34

Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen 2017

Issue

01 January 2011

Publisher

Marsilio, Venezia

Details

Softcover, 219 pages

ISBN

9788831711128

Language

Italian

Category

Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 155-157
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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter Garbin, Emanuele 2011

Issue

01 January 2004

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan

Details

Hardback, 320 pages

ISBN

3775714316

Language

English

Category

Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 277

Exhibitions

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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