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4096 Colours

4096 Farben
4096 Colours

1974 in total 254 cm x 254 cm Catalogue Raisonné 359

Lacquer on canvas

Sotheby's, New York, USA: 18 May 2023

Estimate: USD 18,000,000 – 25,000,000
Sold For:
USD 21,839,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)

Christie's, New York, USA: 11 May 2004

Estimate: USD 3,000,000 – 4,000,000
Sold For:
USD 3,703,500 (incl. buyer’s premium)

This Atlas sheet includes the source images of the following works:

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Kölner Domfenster
Cologne Cathedral Window 2007 Catalogue Raisonné: 900

This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

COLORI: L'emozione dei COLORI nell'arte COLOURS: The Emotion of COLOURS in Art Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli , Turin , Italy 14 March 2017 – 23 July 2017
Gerhard Richter: Panorama Neue und Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , Berlin , Germany 12 February 2012 – 13 May 2012
Gerhard Richter: Panorama Tate Modern , London , UK 06 October 2011 – 08 January 2012
Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today Tate Liverpool , Liverpool , UK 29 May 2009 – 13 September 2009
Color Chart: Reinventing Color from 1950 to Today The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , New York , USA 02 March 2008 – 12 May 2008
Gerhard Richter Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art , Sakura-shi , Japan 03 November 2005 – 22 January 2006
Gerhard Richter: Painting as Mirror 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art , Kanazawa , Japan 03 September 2005 – 26 October 2005
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: Paintings San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) , San Francisco , USA 15 March 1989 – 28 May 1989
Gerhard Richter: Paintings Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , Washington D.C. , USA 14 December 1988 – 12 February 1989
Gerhard Richter: Paintings Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago , Chicago , USA 17 September 1988 – 27 November 1988
Gerhard Richter: Paintings Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) , Toronto , Canada 29 April 1988 – 10 July 1988
Eröffnung der Gerhard-Richter-Räume Opening Gerhard Richter Rooms Galerie Neue Meister, Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , Dresden , Germany 19 March 2005 – 18 January 2025

This artwork is included in the following publications:

Title
Author
Date
Gerhard Richter: Der unbedingte Maler
Schneede, Uwe M.
2024

Publisher

Beck, München

Year

2024

Details

Hardback, 231 pages

ISBN

9783406821493

Language

German

Category

Monographs
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Theory of Form: Gerhard Richter and Art in the Pragmatist Age
Klinger, Florian
2022

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Year

2022

Details

Softcover, 180 pages

ISBN

9780226347158

Language

English

Category

Monographs

Notes

Originally published in German as "Theorie der Form: Gerhard Richter und die Kunst des pragmatischen Zeitalters", 2013.

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Gerhard Richter: Cage Paintings
Gagosian Gallery (ed.)
2021

Publisher

Gagosian, New York

Year

2021

Details

Hardback, 72 pages

ISBN

9781951449063

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Notes

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Cage Paintings" at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA, 3 December 2020 - 3 April 2021.

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Gerhard Richter: Painting After All
Wagstaff, Sheena / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
2020

Publisher

Yale University Press, New Haven

Year

2020

Details

Hardback, 269 pages

ISBN

9781588396853

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Notes

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Gerhard Richter: Painting After All", 4 March 2020 - 5 July 2020, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and 14 August 2020 - 19 January 2021, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

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Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen
Museum Folkwang (ed.)
2017

Publisher

Edition Folkwang / Steidl, Göttingen

Year

2017

Details

Softcover, 63 pages

ISBN

9783958293564

Language

German

Category

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Gerhard Richter: Über Malen / Frühe Bilder
Schreier, Christoph / Kunstmuseum Bonn (ed.)
2017

Publisher

Hirmer Verlag, München

Year

2017

Details

Softcover, 128 pages

ISBN

9783777428970

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Unconsolable Contemporary: Observing Gerhard Richter
Rabinow, Paul
2017

Publisher

Duke University Press, Durham

Year

2017

Details

Softcover, 163 pages

ISBN

9780822370017

Language

English

Category

Monographs

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The Artwork of Gerhard Richter. Painting, critical theory and cultural transformation
Ansted, Darryn
2016

Publisher

Routledge, Abingdon

Year

2016

Details

Hardback, 244 pages

ISBN

9781472409560

Language

English

Category

Monographs

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[un]erwartet. Kunst des Zufalls
Groos, Ulrike / Froitzheim, Eva-Marina (ed.)
2016

Publisher

Wienand Verlag, Köln

Year

2016

Details

Softcover, 168 pages

ISBN

9783868323412

Language

German, English

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance
Moorhouse, Paul
2016

Publisher

Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow

Year

2016

Editor

Allenova, Ekaterina / d'Amora, Delphine

Details

Softcover, 151 pages

ISBN

9785905110818

Language

Russian, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Elective Affinities. German Art since the Late 1960s
Hager, Martin (ed.)
2016

Publisher

Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld

Year

2016

Details

Hardback, 191 pages

ISBN

9783735602589

Language

Latvian, English, German

Category

Group Exhibitions

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'Die Realität und das Göttliche'. Festschrift zum Jubiläum 1216 - 2016. Vom Deutschherrenhaus zum Ludwig Museum
Bayard, Frank / Fachbach, Jens / Heinz, Stefan / Leu, Suzana / Hesslinger, Mark R.
2016

Publisher

Ludwig Museum, Koblenz

Year

2016

Details

Softcover, 64 pages

ISBN

9783981687828

Language

German

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter: Colour Charts
Elger, Dietmar / Butin, Hubertus / Mansoor, Jaleh
2015

Publisher

Dominique Lévy, New York

Year

2015

Details

Hardback, 140 pages

ISBN

9781944379018

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Wie leben? Zukunftsbilder von Malewitsch bis Fujimoto
Banz, Claudia / Franze, Jana / Kiefer, Theresia / Leinfelder, Reinhold / Zinfert, Maria / Scheja, Yvonne / Tietenberg, Annette
2015

Publisher

Wienand Verlag, Köln

Year

2015

Editor

Zechlin, René

Details

Hardback, 288 pages

ISBN

9783868323030

Language

German, English

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter
Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert
2014

Publisher

Marian Goodman, London

Year

2014

Details

Hardback, 109 pages

ISBN

9780944219232

Language

English

Category

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Gerhard Richter, Panorama: une rétrospective = a retrospective
Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine
2012

Publisher

Édition du Centre Pompidou, Paris

Year

2012

Editor

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille

Details

Hardback, 304 pages

ISBN

978-2844265746, 284426574X

Language

French, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: Retrospektive
Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine
2012

Publisher

Prestel, München

Year

2012

Editor

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille

Details

Hardback, 305 pages

ISBN

9783791351896

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Atlas
Friedel, Helmut
2011

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

2011

Details

Hardback, 862 pages

ISBN

9783863350567

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

2nd ed.

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Atlas displays 783 plates of Gerhard Richter’s Atlas. Atlas is a collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and sketches, which the artist compiled and then arranged on single sheets

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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: A Retrospective
Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine
2011

Publisher

Tate Publishing, London

Year

2011

Details

Softcover, 288 pages

ISBN

1854379453, 978-1854379450

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter
Garbin, Emanuele
2011

Publisher

Marsilio, Venezia

Year

2011

Details

Softcover, 219 pages

ISBN

9788831711128

Language

Italian

Category

Monographs

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Gerhard Richter: Übersicht
Schubert, Sabine / Heinze, Helmut
2010

Publisher

Ernst-Rietschel-Kulturring, Pulsnitz

Year

2010

Details

Softcover, 35 pages

ISBN

9783981280944

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Zur Entstehung der Abstrakten Bilder. Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; Bd. 5
Wilmes, Ulrich
2009

Publisher

Walther König, Köln

Year

2009

Details

Softcover, 56 pages

ISBN

9783865606518

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Series 'Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; vol. 5'

Gerhard Richter. Zur Entstehung der Abstrakten Bilder is the 5th volume of publications from the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden. The volume includes a lecture by Ulrich Wilmes and his interview with Richter.

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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting
Elger, Dietmar
2009

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

Year

2009

Details

Hardback, 408 pages

ISBN

9780226203232

Language

English

Category

Monographs

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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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

Year

2008

Details

Hardback, 160 pages

ISBN

3775722483

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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. Large Abstracts
Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor
2008

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Year

2008

Details

Hardback, 160 pages

ISBN

9783775722490

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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. 4900 Colours
Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Gidal, Peter / Pelzer, Birgit / Peyton-Jones, Julia / Obrist, Hans Ulrich
2008

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Year

2008

Details

Hardback, 144 pages

ISBN

9783775723442

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

The catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition Gerhard Richter: 4900 Colours at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2008.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler
Elger, Dietmar
2008

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

2008

Details

Softcover, 415 pages

ISBN

9783832190651

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Corrected and extended new edition.

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter. Zufall. Das Kölner Domfenster und 4900 Farben = The Cologne Cathedral Window, and 4900 Colours
Diederich, Stephan / Schock-Werner, Barbara / Butin, Hubertus / Pelzer, Birgit
2007

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

2007

Details

Softcover, 144 pages

ISBN

9783865602985

Language

German, English

Category

Monographs

Notes

This book documents Gerhard Richter's abstract, stained-glass window for Germany's historic Cologne Cathedral.

The book Gerhard Richter. Zufall. The Cologne Cathedral Window, and 4900 Colours examines the creative process behind Richter’s work at Cologne Cathedral [CR: 900].

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Gerhard Richter. Atlas
Friedel, Helmut
2006

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

2006

Details

Hardback, 862 pages

ISBN

9783883758015

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Encyclopedic new edition that completely revises and updates the 1997 edition and includes 147 additional plates.

At 864 pages, this monumental and comprehensive publication maps the ideas, processes, life and times of Gerhard Richter. Conceived and closely edited by Richter himself, Atlas cuts straight to the heart of the artist's work

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Gerhard Richter. Atlas
Friedel, Helmut
2006

Publisher

Thames & Hudson, London

Year

2006

Details

Hardback, 862 pages

ISBN

9780500970171

Language

English

Category

Monographs

Notes

Encyclopedic new edition,which completely revises and updates the 1997 edition and includes 147 additional plates.

At 864 pages, this monumental and comprehensive publication maps the ideas, processes, life and times of Gerhard Richter. Conceived and closely edited by Richter himself, Atlas cuts straight to the heart of the artist's work

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Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné 1993–2004
Zweite, Armin
2005

Publisher

Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf in association with D.A.P Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY

Year

2005

Details

Hardback, 324 pages

ISBN

9783937572215, 393757221X

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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This catalogue raisonné records Richter’s works in the years 1993-2004. In his work, Gerhard Richter calls into question painting's boundaries, and the labels applied to painting and theories connected with them.

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Gerhard Richter. Ohne Farbe = Without Color
Spieler, Reinhard / Gelshorn, Julian / Kania, Elke / Krystof, Doris
2005

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit / Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf

Year

2005

Details

Hardback, 96 pages

ISBN

9783775715836

Language

German, English

Category

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Gerhard Richter, Maler
Elger, Dietmar
2002

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

2002

Details

Hardback, 420 pages

ISBN

9783832158484

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter in Dallas Collections
Wylie, Charles
2000

Publisher

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Year

2000

Details

Unknown binding, 6 pages

Language

English

Category

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Gerhard Richter
Corà, Bruno / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Chevrier, Jean Francois / Moscati, Italo
1999

Publisher

Gli Ori, Prato

Year

1999

Details

Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

8887700079

Language

Italian, English

Category

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On Abstract Art
Fer, Briony
1997

Publisher

Yale University Press, New Haven

Year

1997

Details

Hardback, 208 pages

ISBN

0300069758

Language

English

Category

Monographs

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Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer. Sammlung Frieder Burda = Collection Frieder Burda
Poetter, Jochen / Brehm, Margrit / Möckel, Birgit
1996

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Year

1996

Details

Hardback, 311 pages

ISBN

3893228608

Language

English, German

Category

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Reihung. Ordnung muß sein, aber ist Sein Ordnung?
Rockenschaub, Gerwald
1990

Publisher

Munro-Unverzagt, Hamburg

Year

1990

Details

Softcover, 84 pages

ISBN

3980253805

Language

German

Category

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Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960
Gohr, Siegfried / Gachnang, Johannes
1989

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

1989

Details

Hardback, 544 pages

ISBN

3770123727

Language

German

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas
Zweite, Armin
1989

Publisher

Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Year

1989

Details

Hardback, 236 pages

Language

German

Category

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Gerhard Richter. Paintings
Rorimer, Anne / Zacharopoulos, Denys
1987

Publisher

Marian Goodman Gallery / Sperone Westwater, New York, NY

Year

1987

Details

Softcover, 46 pages

Language

English

Category

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985
Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar
1986

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

1986

Details

Softcover, 402 pages

ISBN

3770117727

Language

German, English

Category

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