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1983 125 cm x 100 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 546-1

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Sotheby's, New York, USA: 12 November 2003

Estimate: USD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000

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USD 3,816,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)

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This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

Reality Fantasies: Postmodern Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway 04 May 2002 – 29 September 2002

Museum 2: Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway 20 April 2001 – 02 September 2001

Farbe zu Licht From Colour to Light Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland 16 April 2000 – 30 July 2000

Gerhard Richter Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy 10 October 1999 – 30 January 2000

Gerhard Richter: Det umuliges kunst, Malerier 1964–1998 Gerhard Richter: The Art of the Impossible, Paintings 1964–1998 Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway 17 January 1999 – 01 April 1999

Gerhard Richter. Malerier Gerhard Richter: Painting Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark 28 March 1996 – 27 April 1996

Gerhard Richter Tate Gallery, London, UK 30 October 1991 – 12 January 1992

Nouvelle Biennale de Paris 1985 Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France 21 March 1985 – 21 May 1985

Gerhard Richter Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, France 25 February 1984 – 31 March 1984

This artwork is included in the following publications:

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Issue	01 January 2017
Publisher	Duke University Press, Durham
Details	Softcover, 163 pages
ISBN	9780822370017
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 100-102

Unconsolable Contemporary: Observing Gerhard Richter

Rabinow, Paul

2017

Issue	01 January 2017
Publisher	Heni Publishing, London
Editor	Pietropaolo, Francesca
Details	Hardback, 925 pages
ISBN	9780993010354
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 735

Robert Storr: Interviews on Art

Storr, Robert

2017

Issue	01 January 2016
Publisher	Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow
Editor	Allenova, Ekaterina / d'Amora, Delphine
Details	Softcover, 151 pages
ISBN	9785905110818
Language	Russian English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 142, 149

Exhibitions

The exhibition of Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia, 2016

Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance

Moorhouse, Paul

2016

Issue	22 October 2015
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic, London
Details	Hardback, 237 pages
ISBN	9781472589019
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 139

The Art of Gerhard Richter. Hermeneutics, Images, Meaning

Lotz, Christian

2015

Issue	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	Mentioned: pp. 113

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

Issue	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	Mentioned: pp. 113

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

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. 127, 129, 209

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Gerhard Richter: Panorama, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 2012

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. 129, 209

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Gerhard Richter: Panorama, Neue und Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2012

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 2011
Publisher	Marsilio, Venezia
Details	Softcover, 219 pages
ISBN	9788831711128
Language	Italian
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 30 Discussed: pp. 123

Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter

Garbin, Emanuele

2011

Issue	01 January 2009
Publisher	University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
Details	Hardback, 408 pages
ISBN	9780226203232
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 259-262

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	DuMont, Köln
Details	Softcover, 415 pages
ISBN	9783832190651
Language	German
Category	Monographs
Notes	Corrected and extended new edition.
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 112

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. 41

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Gerhard Richter: Portraits, Museumsberg Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany, 2006

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

Issue	01 January 2006
Publisher	Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit
Details	Hardback, 224 pages
ISBN	9783775717250
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 41

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Portraits, Museumsberg Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany, 2006

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

Issue	01 January 2004
Publisher	Actes Sud, Arles
Details	Softcover, 172 pages
ISBN	2742749780
Language	French
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 35 Illustrated: p. 35 (colour)

Exhibitions

L'art au futur antérieur. Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert. Commitment of a Gallery 1975–2004, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 2004

L'art au futur anterieur. Lilliane et Michel Durant-Dessert. L'engagement d'une galerie, 1975-2004

Tosatto, Guy / Brilloit, Cécile

2004

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. 88

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

Issue	01 January 2000
Publisher	Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Details	Unknown binding, 6 pages
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 3

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter in Dallas Collections, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA, 2000

Gerhard Richter in Dallas Collections

Wylie, Charles

2000

Issue	01 January 1999
Publisher	Gli Ori, Prato
Details	Softcover, 205 pages
ISBN	8887700079
Language	Italian English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 124 Illustrated: p. 125 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy, 1999

Gerhard Richter

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

1999

Issue	01 January 1991
Publisher	Tate Publishing, London
Details	144 pages
ISBN	9781854370846
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 129 Illustrated: p. 82 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter, Tate Gallery, London, UK, 1991

Gerhard Richter

Rainbird, Sean / Severne, Judith

1991

Issue	01 January 1989
Publisher	Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Details	Softcover, 166 pages
ISBN	9069180464
Language	Dutch English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 29, 30 Discussed: pp. 36, 37

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter 1988/89, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1989

Gerhard Richter 1988/89

Schampers, Karel / Tilroe, Anna / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.

1989

Issue	01 January 1986
Publisher	DuMont, Köln
Details	Softcover, 402 pages
ISBN	3770117727
Language	German English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 398 Illustrated: p. 293 (b/w)

Exhibitions

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	Electra Moniteur, Milan
Details	Hardback, 331 pages
ISBN	2866530160
Language	French English
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Discussed: pp. 132 Illustrated: p. 133 (b/w)

Exhibitions

Nouvelle Biennale de Paris 1985, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France, 1985

Nouvelle Biennale de Paris 1985

Boudaille, Georges

1985

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