Kölner Domfenster
Cologne Cathedral Window
2007 2300 x 900 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 900
Genuine antique glass, mouth-blown
Cathedral Window was designed for the south transept of Cologne Cathedral. The work, which consists of approximately 11,500 squares of glass in 72 colours, was unveiled in 2007. Some of the brightly coloured square panes were arranged randomly, while others were selected in response to the architectural context. The design is based on 4096 Colours [CR: 359] from 1974.
A documentary film about Richter’s Cologne Cathedral Window by Corinna Belz was released in 2007 in association with the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Gerhard Richter Archiv. Entitled Das Kölner Domfenster [The Cologne Cathedral Window], the documentary was made over a period of two years, following the many stages of the project’s development, from the creation of glass samples based on medieval recipes to the computer generation of numerous random sequences, from the approval of the designs to the unveiling of the final window. Featuring a variety of interviews, including with Dr. Barbara Schock-Werner, Architect of Cologne Cathedral, Günter Hettinger, Stained glass restorer at the cathedral workshop, Cologne, programmer Klaus Hagemeister, and Gerhard Richter himself, Belz’s film offers considerable insight into the process of undertaking this major commission.
The film, in German with English and French subtitles, is accompanied by a documentary from 1969 by Hannes Reinhardt entitled In the Studio: Gerhard Richter [In der Werkstatt: Gerhard Richter], in German, French and English. It was produced by WDR/arte and zero one film, and is distributed by Buchhandlung Walther König.
Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
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This artwork is included in the following publications:
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Icons: Worship and adoration | 2019 | ||||
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Wo Es war. Vier Briefe an Gerhard Richter | Didi-Huberman, Georges | 2018 | |||
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Doing identity: Die Sammlung Reydan Weiss | 2017 | ||||
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Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays | McCarthy, Tom | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen | 2017 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter: Neue Bilder / New Paintings | 2017 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné. Volume 2: 1968 - 1976, nos. 198 - 388 | Elger, Dietmar | 2017 | |||
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'Die Realität und das Göttliche'. Festschrift zum Jubiläum 1216 - 2016. Vom Deutschherrenhaus zum Ludwig Museum | Bayard, Frank / Fachbach, Jens / Heinz, Stefan / Leu, Suzana / Hesslinger, Mark R. | 2016 | |||
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The Artwork of Gerhard Richter. Painting, critical theory and cultural transformation | Ansted, Darryn | 2016 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 14 Panes of Glass for Toyoshima, dedicated to futility | Elger, Dietmar / Hayashi, Sumi | 2016 | |||
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[un]erwartet. Kunst des Zufalls | 2016 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance | Moorhouse, Paul | 2016 | |||
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The Art of Gerhard Richter. Hermeneutics, Images, Meaning | Lotz, Christian | 2015 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Colour Charts | Elger, Dietmar / Butin, Hubertus / Mansoor, Jaleh | 2015 | |||
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Kirche sein als communio. Das neue Kirchenfenster im südlichen Querhaus des Kölner Domes von Gerhard Richter | Büttner, Gerhard | 2015 | |||
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Ein Blick durch Gerhard Richters 'Fensterbilder'. Eine Untersuchung des Sehens von Kunstwerken | Wojtys, Pia | 2014 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert | 2014 | |||
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Köln. Eine Stadt in Biographien. Merian-Porträts | Driessen, Christoph / Lewandowski, Norbert | 2014 | |||
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Glanzlichter. Gegenwartskunst Glasmalerei | Brülls, Holger | 2014 | |||
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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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Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Serien | Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter | 2014 | |||
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Germany Divided. Baselitz and his Generation. From the Duerckheim Collection | Stonard, John-Paul / MacGregor, Neil | 2014 | |||
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Was die Bilder erzählen. Ein Rundgang durch mein imaginäres Museum | Wellershoff, Dieter | 2013 | |||
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This Explains Everything. Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works | Brockman, John / Diamond, Jared / Dawkins, Richard / Taleb, Nassim / Eno, Brian / Pinker, Steven / Obrist, Hans-Ulrich | 2013 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Streifen & Glas | Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert | 2013 | |||
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Scheiben und Strips von Gerhard Richter. Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; Bd. 10 | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Elger, Dietmar | 2013 | |||
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Purer Zufall: Unvorhergesehenes von Marcel Duchamp bis Gerhard Richter | Rist, Annerose / Schwarz, Isabelle | 2013 | |||
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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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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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Gerhard Richter. Rot-Gelb-Blau. Die Gemälde für BMW | Friedel, Helmut / Storr, Robert | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Landscapes | Butin, Hubertus / Bätschmann, Oskar / Elger, Dietmar | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: A Retrospective | Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Painting 2010–2011 | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. | 2011 | |||
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De-natured: German Art from Joseph Beuys to Martin Kippenberger. Selections from the James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach Collection | Kass, Emily / Nisbet, Peter | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2011 | |||
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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter | Garbin, Emanuele | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Übersicht | Schubert, Sabine / Heinze, Helmut | 2010 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting | Elger, Dietmar | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen | Schröder, Klaus Albrecht | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Das Kölner Domfenster [DVD] | Belz, Corinna | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 4900 Colours | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Gidal, Peter / Pelzer, Birgit / Peyton-Jones, Julia / Obrist, Hans Ulrich | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Panorama | Lambrecht, Luk / Leen, Frederik / Storr, Robert | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Domfenster. Flirrendes Pixelspiel im Maßwerk | Danicke, Sandra / Bosetti, Petra | 2007 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2006 | |||
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Isa Genzken, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Schütte. 3 x 5 Arbeiten | Junge, Winfried / Krämer, Gerd | 2005 |
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