标题为《死者》[CR: 667/1-3]的三幅画描绘的是死者头部和上身的特写,一个双眼紧闭,被平置的女人。我们几乎无法将她的深色头发与黑色背景分开,但她脸部的皮肤与浅色的衣着却在阴森暗沉的画面中显得突兀。如果我们再细看,还可以分辨出她颈项上的一道黑色印痕,也借此推断该女子是吊死的。
画面中的女子是德国恐怖分子迈因霍夫(Ulrike Meinhof),红军派(RAF)的创始成员之一。1976年5月9日,她在德国Stuttgart-Stammheim监狱的牢房铁杆上,上吊身亡。
这幅画是里希特《1977年10月18日》组画的一部分,标题指的是Gudrun Ensslin、Andreas Baader与Jan-Carl Raspe三人死亡的日期,他们在当天被发现死于监狱的牢房里。这组画里的每一幅画都是根据相片画成的,《死者》的原始相片刊登在1976年6月16日的德文杂志《Stern》里。
除了格式不同之外,每幅画的画法和主角在画面上安排的位置也不尽相同,此外,每幅画里主角头部的位置也稍有差别。里希特惯用的模糊技法随着同系列画作的追增而逐渐强化,在《死者》[CR: 667-1]中,迈因霍夫的面部特征仍可辨识,但到了最后一幅《死者》[CR: 667-3]已经变得难以辨识,光影的分界变得比较弱,而原来的深黑色背景也淡化为柔和的灰色。
透过这三幅画,我们似乎可以看到艺术家在努力为死去的女子寻找一个合适的描绘方式,它们独特的特写形式使得《死者》有别于描绘红军派其他死去成员的画,同时也引发了“为什么会这样?”的疑问,但画本身并无法回答这个问题。在《1977年10月18日》组画里,这三幅《死者》似乎最能表达“死得如此年轻、如此疯狂,又如此毫无价值的人们,为此而感到的悲哀”1
11989年Gregorio Magnani访谈里希特,引自Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters 1961–2007,伦敦Thames & Hudson出版社于2009年出版,第222页。
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The Richter Interviews | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Richter, Gerhard | 2019 | |||
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Wo Es war. Vier Briefe an Gerhard Richter | Didi-Huberman, Georges | 2018 | |||
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Unconsolable Contemporary: Observing Gerhard Richter | Rabinow, Paul | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images | Hawker, Rosemary | 2017 | |||
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Robert Storr: Interviews on Art | Storr, Robert | 2017 | |||
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Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays | McCarthy, Tom | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Über Malen / Frühe Bilder | 2017 | ||||
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B: Blickfänger | Härtel, Insa / Pazzini, Karl-Josef | 2017 | |||
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The Absent Museum | Snauwaert, Dirk / Borja-Villel, Manuel / David, Catherine / Esche, Charles | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen | 2017 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter | Elger, Dietmar / Fajt, Jiří | 2017 | |||
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Photography, Trace, and Trauma | Iversen, Margaret | 2017 | |||
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The Artwork of Gerhard Richter. Painting, critical theory and cultural transformation | Ansted, Darryn | 2016 | |||
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Elective Affinities. German Art since the Late 1960s | 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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Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance | Moorhouse, Paul | 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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Gerhard Richter: Painting | Shimizu, Minoru | 2015 | |||
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The Art of Gerhard Richter. Hermeneutics, Images, Meaning | Lotz, Christian | 2015 | |||
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The Düsseldorf Art Academy. Making History since 1945 | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | 2015 | |||
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Time Present. Photography from The Deutsche Bank Collection | Krause, Stefan / Koerner von Gustorf, Oliver / Cloete, Alan / Chadha, Gunit / Hütte, Friedhelm / Liebscher, Martin / Campany, David | 2014 | |||
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Time Present. Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection | Ng, Rachel / März, Christina / Hütte, Friedhelm / Lingham, Susie / Lim, Philip | 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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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. Images of an Era | Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Rot-Gelb-Blau. Die Gemälde für BMW | Friedel, Helmut / Storr, Robert | 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: 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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Übermalt, Verwischt, Ausgelöscht: Das Porträt im 20. Jahrhundert | Mund, Henrike | 2011 | |||
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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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September. A History Painting by Gerhard Richter | Storr, Robert | 2010 | |||
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Gerhard Richter in der Dresdener Galerie. Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; Bd. 7 | Elger, Dietmar | 2010 | |||
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Richter en France | Tosatto, Guy / Criqui, Jean-Pierre / Storsve, Jonas | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting | Elger, Dietmar | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Porträt Dr. Knobloch (Patrimonia 344) | Elger, Dietmar / Roth, Martin / Stange, Eva-Maria | 2009 | |||
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The Richter effect on the regeneration of aesthetics | Kelly, Michael | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 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: Abstrakte Bilder | Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Large Abstracts | Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Portraits | Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Portraits | Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus | 2006 | |||
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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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Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004 | 2004 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2004 | Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan | 2004 | |||
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Visions of Modern Art. Painting and Sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art | Elderfield, John / Lowry, Glenn D. / Ganz, Sarah / Storr, Robert / Umland, Anne / Daftari, Fereshteh | 2003 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Doubt and Belief in Painting | Storr, Robert | 2003 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Malerei | Storr, Robert | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Forty Years of Painting | Storr, Robert | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Survey | Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz | 2001 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977 | Storr, Robert | 2000 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Drawings 1964-1999. Catalogue Raisonné | Schwarz, Dieter / Pelzer, Birgit | 2000 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Übersicht | Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz | 2000 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Corà, Bruno / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Chevrier, Jean Francois / Moscati, Italo | 1999 | |||
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L'image-événement. Représentations de la terreur dans l'œuvre de Willie Doherty et de Gerhard Richter | Lavoie, Vincent | 1999 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, 18. Oktober 1977. Eine Kunst-Monographie | Hemken, Kai-Uwe | 1998 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 100 Bilder | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Pelzer, Birgit / Tosatto, Guy | 1996 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 100 Pictures | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Pelzer, Birgit / Tosatto, Guy | 1996 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer. Sammlung Frieder Burda = Collection Frieder Burda | Poetter, Jochen / Brehm, Margrit / Möckel, Birgit | 1996 | |||
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Stammheim. Gerhard Richter | Seymour, Anne | 1995 | |||
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Aus der Sammlung. Nach 25 Jahren | Grisebach, Lucius / Braunsberg, Günter | 1992 | |||
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Zu Richters Oktober-Bildern | Butin, Hubertus | 1991 | |||
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Museum für Moderne Kunst und Sammlung Ströher | 1991 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter: Atlas | Zweite, Armin | 1989 | |||
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18. Oktober 1977 | Ammann, Jean-Christophe | 1989 | |||
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Gerhard Richter 1988/89 | Schampers, Karel / Tilroe, Anna / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. | 1989 |