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1988 300 cm x 300 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 658

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Sotheby's, New York, USA: 14 May 2014

Estimate: GBP 15,166,222 – 21,232,711 USD 25,000,000 – 35,000,000

Sold For:

GBP 17,041,410	(incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 28,725,000

Sotheby's, New York, USA: 12 November 2002

Estimate: USD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000

Sold For:

USD 2,209,500

This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

Gerhard Richter: Blau High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA 06 October 2011 – 06 October 2012

Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany 27 February 2009 – 17 May 2009

Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany 18 October 2008 – 01 February 2009

Gerhard Richter Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany 04 June 2005 – 21 August 2005

Gerhard Richter K20 Grabbeplatz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany 12 February 2005 – 16 May 2005

Gerhard Richter Galerie Neue Meister, Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany 21 August 2004 – 29 January 2005

Gerhard Richter 1988/89 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 15 October 1989 – 03 December 1989

Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960 Image Clash: Contradiction, Unification and Fragmentation in Art since 1960 Museum Ludwig at Rheinhallen, Cologne, Germany 08 April 1989 – 28 June 1989

This artwork is included in the following publications:

Title

Author

Date

Publisher	Prestel, München (2012)
Details	Hardback, 305 pages
ISBN	9783791351896
Language	German
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: p. 136

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Panorama, Neue und Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2012

Gerhard Richter. Panorama. Retrospektive

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine

2012

Publisher	Édition du Centre Pompidou, Paris (2012)
Details	Hardback, 304 pages
ISBN	978284426574X
Language	French
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: p. 134

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Panorama, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 2012

Gerhard Richter. Panorama. Rétrospective

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine

2012

Publisher	Tate Publishing (2011)
Details	Softcover, 304 pages
ISBN	9781854379443
ISBN	9781854379450
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: p. 136

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. Panorama. A Retrospective

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine

2011

Publisher	Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit (2008)
Details	Hardback, 160 pages
ISBN	3775722483
Language	German
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Illustrated: p. 71 (colour)

Exhibitions

The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder at Museum Ludwig, Cologne and Haus der Kunst, Munich. The exhibitions were dedicated to Gerhard Richter’s abstract pictures

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Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder

Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor

2008

Publisher	Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit (2008)
Details	Hardback, 160 pages
ISBN	9783775722490
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Illustrated: p. 71 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, 2008

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Gerhard Richter. Large Abstracts

Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor

2008

Publisher	DuMont, Köln (1989)
Details	Hardback, 544 pages
ISBN	3770123727
Language	German
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: p. 529 Illustrated: p. 158 (colour)

Exhibitions

Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig at Rheinhallen, Cologne, Germany, 1989

Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960

Gohr, Siegfried / Gachnang, Johannes

1989

Publisher	Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1989)
Details	Softcover, 166 pages
ISBN	9069180464
Languages	Dutch, English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: p. 160 Illustrated: p. 59 (colour)