Gerhard Richter

Exhibited by Galerie von Vertes

Material Oil on canvas

Dimensions 100 × 70 cm

Status Vetted

About the Work

Gerhard Richter’s ongoing curiosity took him on a lifelong quest into the possibilities of painting and creation of directed chance, inviting unique encounters between tones and forms. Abstraktes Bild (522-3) manifests through the squeegee a vast kaleidoscope of colours, opening a multitude of conceptual and compositional possibilities. Blurring out the excess of unimportant information by repeatedly reworking his paintings, Richter creates volatile fields of colour that simultaneously contradict and belong together.

Provenance

· Private Collection, Munich (acquired directly from the artist)
· Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
· Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in
1995)
· Private collection, Switzerland (acquired through inheritance from
the above)
· Sotheby's, New York
· Private collection, Switzerland

Literature

Ulrich Loock and Denys Zacharopoulos, Gerhard Richter, Munich 1985, p. 101 (p. 397 illustrated in colour)
· J. Harten & D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: Bilder 1962-1985, Städtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf 1986, January - March 1986, p. 280 (illustrated)
· Babette Welter, "Rumoer rond Gerhard Richter" (exh. review: Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf), in: Metropolis, Summer 1985, p. 57 (illustrated)
· Benjamin Buchloh, Gerhard Richter, Work Overview / Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III: 1962 - 1993 Ostfildern 1993, no. 522-3 (illustrated in colour)
· Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 3: 1976-1987, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2013, no. 522-3, p. 335 (illustrated in colour)
· Oscar Bettison, Brian Ferneyhough and Stephan Winkler, "Fall/ Edition Musikfabrik," Wergo, CD 16, 2019 (illustrated in colour on the cover)