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Notes
Between 1968 and 1970 Gerhard Richter produced nearly fifty cityscapes, which were based on photographic source images taken from architecture magazines. The source images were mainly aerial photographs of cities, but also included photographs of architectural models. Some of these source photographs can be found in Gerhard Richter's Atlas on sheets 106 to 124.
In transferring the source image into painting, the artist leaves the perspective unchanged and also retains the reduction to grayscale. The greatest influence from Richter derives from his choice of framing, whereby he selects predominantly square picture formats. Richter frequently omits areas of the source photograph that show prominent buildings and so could assist identification of the depicted area. The townscapes are characterised by often gestural brushwork – loose, wide brushstrokes which apply paint pastosely while leaving other parts of the canvas uncovered.
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Collection
Collection of Marguerite and Robert Hoffman, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
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Exhibitions
- Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA November 21, 2006 May 20, 2007
- Global Village: The 1960s
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada October 02, 2003 March 07, 2004
- Čelovek i priroda v sovremennoj živopisi i grafike
People and Landscape in Contemporary Painting and Graphics
Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia March 1983 June 1983
- Čelovek i priroda v sovremennoj živopisi i grafike
People and Landscape in Contemporary Painting and Graphics
Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia 1983
- Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder 1976 bis 1981
Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 1976 to 1981
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany January 10, 1982 February 21, 1982
- Gerhard Richter. Arbeiten 1962 bis 1971
Gerhard Richter: Paintings 1962 to 1971
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany June 22, 1971 August 22, 1971
- Gerhard Richter
Gegenverkehr e.V. Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst, Aachen, Germany March 27, 1969 April 22, 1969
- Junge deutsche Künstler. 14 x 14 – Leben im Museum
Young German Artists: 14 x 14 – Living in the Museum
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany April 05, 1968 April 15, 1968
- Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art
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Literature
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Hering, Karl-Heinz / Helms, Dietrich
Gerhard Richter. Arbeiten 1962-1971 Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1971 Mentioned: p. 12Illustrated: p. 69 -
Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar
Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985 DuMont, Köln, 1986 Mentioned: pp. 38, 39, 369Illustrated: p. 70 -
Zweite, Armin
Gerhard Richter. Werkverzeichnis 1993-2004 Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf in association with D.A.P Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY, 2005 Mentioned: pp. 25, 26 -
Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor
Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2008 Mentioned: p. 137 -
Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor
Gerhard Richter. Large Abstracts Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2008 Mentioned: p. 137 -
Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine
Gerhard Richter. Panorama. Retrospektive Prestel, München, 2012 Mentioned: p. 75
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Hering, Karl-Heinz / Helms, Dietrich