Gerhard Richter - War Cut II Edition

Special edition of the artist's book War Cut I with 340 pages and 216 illustrations, with 155 texts taken from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of March 20 and 21, 2003 (beginning of the Iraq War), an index of the printed texts, and some short, untitled remarks by Gerhard Richter, flexible cardboard cover with red linen covering, yellow, red, blue, and black offset print.

Edition: 50 copies in light gray cardboard slipcase (designed by Richter), signed, dated and numbered in Roman numerals in graphite pencil on the endpaper, also numbered in Roman numerals in felt-tip pen on the penultimate page; oil paint on book cover applied with squeegee by Richter.

20 copies in light gray cardboard slipcase (designed by Richter), signed, dated numbered in Roman numerals and marked h.c. in graphite pencil on the endpaper; some of these also signed, dated, and numbered in Roman numerals in ballpoint or felt-tip pen on the penultimate page, oil paint applied to book cover with squeegee.