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Youth Portrait

Jugendbildnis
Youth Portrait

1988 67 cm x 62 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 672-1

Oil on canvas

This portrait entitled Youth Portrait depicts Ulrike Meinhof as a young, politically active journalist before becoming one of the main protagonists of the left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF).

 

Like all paintings of Richter’s cycle October 18, 1977, Youth Portrait corresponds to a photographic source image that Richter found in press archives in Hamburg in the magazine stern, copied and eventually transferred onto the canvas. The original photograph (also used for an edition in 2015 [Edition CR: 167]) was taken on 10th October 1966 by Inge-Maria Peters to accompany a column in the magazine konkret that Meinhof wrote. Together with her then husband, Klaus Rainer Röhl, she also acted as co-editor-in-chief for the magazine[1]. Only four years later, on 14th May 1970 Meinhof took part in the forcible rescue of Andreas Baader from prison – commonly seen as the beginning of the RAF[2].

 

In adapting the photograph, the artist has made some changes: Ulrike Meinhof seems to be much younger, her gaze seems decidedly less determined and her mouth is set less vigorously then on the source image. By blurring the still wet paint Richter heightens the youthful and delicate appearance of the portrait. Meinhof’s gaze emits an almost melancholic reflectiveness (Richter himself called the painting “sentimental in a bourgeois way“[3]) and the painting’s title underlines Richter’s intention of showing Meinhof as a young woman that seems to be inexperienced, unsuspecting and almost childlike[4]. The composition and the arrangement of the portrait in front of a dark background are remindful of portraits of actors or paintings in the way of old masters and focus the attention on Meinhof herself[5].

 

Youth Portrait contrasts strongly with the rest of the cycle that broaches the issue of the death of the RAF leaders[6]. It is a comparatively small painting that by way of Meinhof’s direct gaze evokes an almost intimate relationship with the viewer[7], intensified by the fact that many people might own a similar portrait of themselves. The image of one of the leader of the terrorists, effectively created and influenced by the media, is thus put into perspective and contradicted by the apparent harmlessness of the portrait[8]. Richter’s Youth Portrait also evokes thoughts about the time that has passed between the shot of the photograph and the paintings that show Ulrike Meinhof after her suicide as Dead [CR: 667/1-3] and contrasts them with a “pure” vision of the past[9].

 

Ulrike Meinhof thus appears as a person and not as a character contorted by the media that is alternatively demonized or mystified but always dehumanised. Her portrait invites the viewer to identify with her on a personal level[10] and hints that every person is capable of possibly committing similar crimes[11].



[1] The details concerning the original photograph stem from the photographer Inge-Maria Peters herself who made this information available on the occasion of the publication of the edition Ulrike Meinhof [ECR: 167].

[2] Robert Storr (ed.), Gerhard Richter: October 18, 1977, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, p. 106.

[3] Notes for a press conference November-December (held at Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, February 1989), 1988 (translated by David Britt) in: Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters 1967-2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2008, p. 203.

[4] Storr 2000, p. 106.

[5] Ortrud Westheider, “Eine Idee, die bis zum Tod geht. Der Zyklus 18. Oktober 1977”, in: Uwe M. Schneede (ed.), Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche, exh. cat. Bucerius Kunst-Forum, Munich, 2011, p. 158.

[6] Although only about half of the paintings depict the dead terrorists, their fate and the deadly consequences of their actions dominate the whole cycle.

[7] Storr 2000, p. 106.

[8] Hubertus Butin, Zu Richters Oktober-Bildern, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, 1991, pp. 47-48.

[9] Storr 2000, p. 106.

[10] Martin Henatsch, Gerhard Richter – 18. Oktober 1977. Das verwischte Bild der Geschichte, Fischer, Frankfurt, 1998, pp. 74-75.

[11] Butin 1991, p. 48.



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Visions of Modern Art. Painting and Sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art
Elderfield, John / Lowry, Glenn D. / Ganz, Sarah / Storr, Robert / Umland, Anne / Daftari, Fereshteh
2003

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art New York, New York, NY

Details

Hardback, 351 pages

ISBN

0870707000, 9780870707001

Language

English

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Malerei
Storr, Robert
2002

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 340 pages

ISBN

9783775711692

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. 40 Years of Painting at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this publication represents a broad range of Gerhard Richter's paintings of the last 40 years.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler
Elger, Dietmar
2002

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

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. Forty Years of Painting
Storr, Robert
2002

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Details

Hardback Softcover, 340 pages

ISBN

189102437X

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. 40 Years of Painting at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this publication represents a broad range of Gerhard Richter's paintings of the last 40 years.

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Gerhard Richter. Survey
Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz
2001

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

Hardback, 79 pages

ISBN

388375479X

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Survey accompanies the eponymous exhibition of the German Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA), which has been composed by Gerhard Richter himself.

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Gerhard Richter. Drawings 1964-1999. Catalogue Raisonné
Schwarz, Dieter / Pelzer, Birgit
2000

Publisher

Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf

Details

Hardback, 340 pages

ISBN

9783933807045

Language

English

Category

Monographs

This catalogue raisonné of Gerhard Richter's drawings encompasses works in pencil, India ink, ballpoint pen, and other drawing media, on both paper and canvas since 1964.

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Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977
Storr, Robert
2000

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Details

Hardback, 151 pages

ISBN

0870700235

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Notes

An additional German translation of Robert Storr's essay accompanies this publication published on the occasion of an exhibition "Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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On October 18, 1977, three young German radicals, members of the militant Baader-Meinhof group, were found dead in a Stuttgart prison; they were pronounced suicides, but many people suspected they had been murdered.

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Gerhard Richter. Übersicht
Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz
2000

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

Hardback, 80 pages

ISBN

3883754161

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Übersicht accompanies the eponymous exhibition of the German Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA), which has been composed by Gerhard Richter himself.

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

Publisher

Gli Ori, Prato

Details

Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

8887700079

Language

Italian, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter, 18. Oktober 1977. Eine Kunst-Monographie
Hemken, Kai-Uwe
1998

Publisher

Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M.

Details

Softcover, 172 pages

ISBN

345833937X

Language

German

Category

Monographs

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Gerhard Richter. 100 Bilder
Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Pelzer, Birgit / Tosatto, Guy
1996

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 153 pages

ISBN

3893228519

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Designed by the artist himself, this publication gives a rare insight into one of the most intensive work periods (1995–1996) of Richter’s life.

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Gerhard Richter. 100 Pictures
Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Pelzer, Birgit / Tosatto, Guy
1996

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 153 pages

ISBN

3775791000

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Designed by the artist himself, this publication gives a rare insight into one of the most intensive work periods (1995–1996) of Richter’s life.

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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

Details

Hardback, 311 pages

ISBN

3893228608

Language

English, German

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Stammheim. Gerhard Richter
Seymour, Anne
1995

Publisher

Anthony D'Offay, London

Details

Softcover, 60 pages

ISBN

0947564667

Language

German, English

Category

Monographs

Notes

The book is published in a limited edition of 1000 copies that are signed by the artist.

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This limited edition reproduces in facsimile each of the twenty-three Richter works executed on pages of the book Stammheim. Der Prozess gegen die Rote Armee Fraktion by Pieter H. Bakker Schut

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Aus der Sammlung. Nach 25 Jahren
Grisebach, Lucius / Braunsberg, Günter
1992

Publisher

Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg

Details

Softcover, 24 pages

ISBN

3928342215

Language

German

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Zu Richters Oktober-Bildern
Butin, Hubertus
1991

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

Softcover, 64 pages

ISBN

3883751413

Language

German

Category

Monographs

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Museum für Moderne Kunst und Sammlung Ströher
1991

Publisher

Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main

Editor

Ammann, Jean-Christophe / Präger, Christmut

Details

Softcover, 137 pages

ISBN

3882704640

Language

German, English

Category

Collections

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas
Zweite, Armin
1989
Gerhard Richter 1988/89
Schampers, Karel / Tilroe, Anna / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
1989

Publisher

Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Details

Softcover, 166 pages

ISBN

9069180464

Language

Dutch, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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18. Oktober 1977
Ammann, Jean-Christophe
1989

In

Du. Die Zeitschrift der Kultur

Issue

01 January 1989, Vol. 49, No. 2, p. 99

Publisher

Du Kulturmedien, Zürich

ISBN

0012-6837

Language

German

Category

Newspaper Articles

Notes

Reprinted in 'Presseberichte zu Gerhard Richter '18. Oktober 1977''.

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