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Acht Lernschwestern
Eight Student Nurses
1966 each panel 95 cm x 70 cm (eight parts) Catalogue Raisonné: 130
Oil on canvas
Eight Student Nurses consists of eight individual portraits.
The caption of the source image, a newspaper clipping, reads:
'Fieberhaft fahndet die Polizei von Chikago nach dem Massenmörder, der aus bisher ungeklärten Motiven am Donnerstag in einem Wohnheim acht Lernschwestern auf bestialische Weise ermordet hat (unser Bild zeigt die Opfer von links, Gloria Davy, Merlita Gargullo, Valentina Pasion, Suzanne Farris; unten: Patricia Matusek, Marianne Jordan, Nina Schmale und Pamela Wilkening). Eine neunte Schwester hatte sich verstecken und später die Polizei benachrichtigen können.'
('The police of Chicago searches frantically for the mass murderer, who, for unknown reasons, brutishly killed eight student nurses in a dormitory on Thursday (our picture shows the victims from the left: Gloria Davy, Merlita Gargullo, Valentina Pasion, Suzanne Farris; below: Patricia Matusek, Mary Ann Jordan, Nina Schmale and Pamela Wilkening). A ninth nurse was able to hide and later call the police.')
The photographs, taken from a yearbook of the nurse’s school, combined with their circumstance of death seem to force a collective identity upon the women.
This artwork is based on an image included in Atlas:
This Atlas sheet includes the source images of the following works:
This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:
This artwork is included in the following publications:
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The Richter Interviews | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Richter, Gerhard | 2023 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Painting After All | Wagstaff, Sheena / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. | 2020 | |||
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The Richter Interviews | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Richter, Gerhard | 2019 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Elger, Dietmar / Fajt, Jiří | 2017 | |||
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The Artwork of Gerhard Richter. Painting, critical theory and cultural transformation | Ansted, Darryn | 2016 | |||
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Das Abenteuer unserer Sammlung Kunst nach 1945 aus den Kunstmuseen Krefeld | Hentschel, Martin / Holzhey, Magdalena / Janzen, Thomas / Martin, Sylvia | 2016 | |||
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Dispatches from Moments of Calm | Kluge, Alexander | 2016 | |||
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The Art of Gerhard Richter. Hermeneutics, Images, Meaning | Lotz, Christian | 2015 | |||
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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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Gerhard Richter: Pictures / Series | Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter | 2014 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2013 | Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas | 2014 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2013 | Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas | 2014 | |||
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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, 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. Bilder einer Epoche | Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud | 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. Images of an Era | Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud | 2011 | |||
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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter | Garbin, Emanuele | 2011 | |||
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September. A History Painting by Gerhard Richter | Storr, Robert | 2010 | |||
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Die Porträts von Gerhard Richter | Moorhouse, Paul | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Portraits. Painting Appearances | Moorhouse, Paul | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting | Elger, Dietmar | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Werkverzeichnis 1993-2004 | Zweite, Armin | 2005 | |||
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Ein Maler aus Deutschland. Gerhard Richter. Das Drama einer Familie | Schreiber, Jürgen | 2005 | |||
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Texte: Schriften und Interviews: Revised and Enlarged Edition | Richter, Gerhard / Shimizu, Minoru | 2005 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné 1993–2004 | Zweite, Armin | 2005 | |||
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New Art in the 60s and 70s: Redefining Reality | Anne Rorimer | 2004 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Doubt and Belief in Painting | Storr, Robert | 2003 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Forty Years of Painting | Storr, Robert | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Malerei | Storr, Robert | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977 | Storr, Robert | 2000 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Corà, Bruno / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Chevrier, Jean Francois / Moscati, Italo | 1999 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Werke aus Aachener Sammlungen | Brusis, Ilse / Murken, Hinrich / Becker, Wolfgang / Elger, Dietmar / Engels, Maria / Gold, Anne | 1999 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Paintings | Weiermair, Peter / Siena, Pier Luigi | 1996 | |||
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Artistes de Colònia. Allò bell, allò sinistre | Stals, José Lebrero / Graw, Isabelle / Meinhardt, Johannes | 1990 | |||
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Reihung. Ordnung muß sein, aber ist Sein Ordnung? | Rockenschaub, Gerwald | 1990 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Atlas | Zweite, Armin | 1989 | |||
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Gerhard Richter 1988/89 | Schampers, Karel / Tilroe, Anna / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. | 1989 | |||
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18. Oktober 1977 | Ammann, Jean-Christophe | 1989 | |||
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Abstrakte Malerei aus Amerika und Europa = Abstract Painting of America and Europe. Brice Marden, Gerhard Richter, Helmut Federle, Robert Mangold, Robert Ryman | Schwarzwälder, Rosemarie | 1988 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Paintings | Rorimer, Anne / Zacharopoulos, Denys | 1987 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985 | Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar | 1986 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. | 1977 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Honnef, Klaus | 1976 | |||
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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 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Arbeiten 1962-1971 | Hering, Karl-Heinz / Helms, Dietrich | 1971 | |||
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Figurationen. Horst Antes, George Baselitz, Sine Hansen. Fritz Köthe, Uwe Lausen, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Heinrich Richter, Michael Schoenholtz, Lambert Maria Wintersberger, Paul Wunderlich | Honisch, Dieter | 1967 |
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