Grau (Grey)

Details

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
Grau (Grey)
signed, numbered and dated '340 Richter, 73' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
17¾ x 23 5/8in. (45 x 60cm.)
Painted in 1973

Provenance

Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1973.

Literature

J. Harten (ed.) and D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: Bilder 1962-1985, exh. cat., Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1986, no. 340-3, p. 382.
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.), Gerhard Richter, Werkübersicht/Catalogue Raisonné: 1962-1993, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit 1993, no. 340-3, p. 164 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming volume 2 of the Gerhard Richter. Catalogue raisonné, edited by Dietmar Elger for the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, as cat. no. 340-3.

'My grey monochromes have the same illusionistic implications as my landscapes. I want them to be seen as narratives - even if they are narratives of nothingness. Nothing is something. You might say they are like photographs of nothing.' (G. Richter, quoted in M. Kimmelman, 'Gerhard Richter: An Artist Beyond Isms', in The New York Times, 27 January 2002).

Grau (Grey)

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