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Study for Clouds (Contre-jour)

Wolkenstudie (Gegenlicht)
Study for Clouds (Contre-jour)

1970 80 cm x 100 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 276

Oil on canvas

Sotheby's, London, UK: 29 June 2022

Estimate: GBP 6,000,000 – 8,000,000 USD 7,371,300 – 9,828,400
Sold For:
GBP 11,164,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 13,655,470

Sotheby's, London, UK: 26 June 2002

Estimate: GBP 300,000 – 500,000 USD 437,317 – 728,863
Sold For:
GBP 1,986,650
USD 3,028,430

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Title Author Date

Issue

01 January 2020

Publisher

Yale University Press, New Haven

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.

Artwork Mentioned: pp. 247, 268
Illustrated: p. 131 (colour)

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

Issue

01 January 2015

Publisher

Pace, London

Details

Hardback, 263 pages

ISBN

9781909406162

Language

English

Category

Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 110, 259
Illustrated: p. 111 (colour)

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A Strong, Sweet Smell of Incense. A Portrait of Robert Fraser Clarke, Brian / Vyner, Harriet 2015

Issue

01 January 2013

Publisher

Walther König, Köln

Details

Hardback, 79 pages

ISBN

9783863354534

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 29, 30

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Gerhard Richter. Streifen & Glas Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert 2013

Issue

01 January 2012

Publisher

Édition du Centre Pompidou, Paris

Editor

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

Details

Hardback, 304 pages

ISBN

978-2844265746

ISBN

284426574X

Language

French English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 85, 86, 207

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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

Issue

01 January 2012

Publisher

Prestel, München

Editor

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

Details

Hardback, 305 pages

ISBN

9783791351896

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 207

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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

Issue

01 January 2011

Publisher

Prestel, München

Details

Softcover, 128 pages

ISBN

9783791346168

Language

German

Category

Monographs
Artwork Illustrated: p. 14 (colour)

Gerhard Richter. Rot, Gelb, Blau by Helmut Friedel analyses and contextualises the paintings Red, Yellow and Blue [CR: 345/1-3] commissioned by BMW for their Munich headquarters, within the context of Richter’s œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter. Rot-Gelb-Blau. Die Gemälde für BMW Friedel, Helmut / Storr, Robert 2011

Issue

01 January 2010

Publisher

Hazan, Vanves

Details

334 pages

ISBN

2754100644

Language

French

Category

Monographs
Artwork Illustrated: p. 138 (colour)
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Gerhard Richter Elger, Dietmar 2010

Issue

01 January 2008

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 184 pages

ISBN

9783775721363

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 170
Illustrated: p. 84 (colour)

Exhibitions

The catalogue Gerhard Richter: Bilder aus privaten Sammlungen was published to coincide with exhibitions in Baden-Baden, Beijing, Edinburgh, Vienna and Duisburg in 2008 and 2009.

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder aus privaten Sammlungen Adriani, Götz / Schwarz, Dieter 2008

Issue

01 January 2008

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

Hardback, 230 pages

Language

Chinese German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 95 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Bilder 1963 – 2007 is the catalogue published to coincide with the exhibition at the National Art Museum in Beijing in 2008.

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder 1963 - 2007 Adriani, Götz / Elger, Dietmar 2008

Issue

01 January 2007

Publisher

Prestel Verlag, München

Details

Hardback, 128 pages

ISBN

9783791338590

Language

German

Category

Monographs
Artwork Illustrated: p. 14 (colour)

Gerhard Richter. Rot, Gelb, Blau by Helmut Friedel analyses and contextualises the paintings Red, Yellow and Blue [CR: 345/1-3] commissioned by BMW for their Munich headquarters, within the context of Richter’s œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter. Rot Gelb Blau. Die Gemälde für BMW Friedel, Helmut / Storr, Robert 2007

Issue

01 January 2006

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

Softcover, 119 pages

ISBN

9783865601223

Language

English

Category

Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 76
Illustrated: p. 77 (colour)

Exhibitions

From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter, German Paintings from Dresden is the catalogue published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibitions at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles in 2006.

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From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter. German Paintings from Dresden at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Biedermann, Heike / Bischoff, Ulrich / Dalbajewa, Birgit 2006

Issue

01 January 2005

Publisher

Tankosha Publishing, Kyoto

Details

Hardback, 174 pages

ISBN

4473032698

Language

Japanese

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Notes

With DVD.

Artwork Illustrated: p. 44 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter Zweite, Armin / Shimizu, Minoru / Hayashi, Michio / Sugawara, Norio / Hatakeyama, Naoya / Elger, Dieter / Ohashi, Hiromi / Kitade, Chieko / Hayashi, Sumi 2005

Issue

01 January 2005

Publisher

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

Details

Hardback, 323 pages

ISBN

9783937572208

ISBN

978-3937572208

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 148 (colour)

Exhibitions

This catalogue raisonné records Richter’s works in the years 1999-2004. 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. Werkverzeichnis 1993-2004 Zweite, Armin 2005

Issue

01 January 2005

Publisher

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

Details

Hardback, 324 pages

ISBN

9783937572215

ISBN

393757221X

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Illustrated: p. 148 (colour)

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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. Catalogue Raisonné 1993–2004 Zweite, Armin 2005

Issue

01 January 1999

Publisher

Gli Ori, Prato

Details

Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

8887700079

Language

Italian English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 16, 17, 30

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

Issue

01 January 1989

Publisher

Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Details

Hardback, 236 pages

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 13

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas Zweite, Armin 1989
Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985 Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar 1986

In

Wolkenkratzer Art Journal

Issue

01 April 1985, p. 34 - 41

ISBN

0176-2834

Language

German

Category

Online Publications
Artwork Illustrated: p. 38-39 (colour)
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Gerhard Richter. Malen ist eine moralische Handlung Dickhoff, Wilfried 1985

Issue

01 January 1985

Publisher

Silke Schreiber Verlag, München

Details

Hardback, 127 pages

ISBN

978-3-88960-003-5

ISBN

3-88960-003-4

Language

German

Category

Monographs
Artwork Illustrated: p. 33 (colour)
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Gerhard Richter Loock, Ulrich / Zacharopoulos, Denys / Elger, Dietmar 1985

Issue

01 January 1972

Publisher

Museum Folkwang, Essen

Details

Hardback, 154 pages

Language

Italian German English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 42

Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. 36. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione tedesco = 36. Biennale in Venedig, Deutscher Pavilion = 36. Biennale in Venice, German Pavilion Honisch, Dieter / Helms, Dietrich / Honnef, Klaus / Ohff, Heinz / Dienst, Rolf Gunther / Schön, Rolf / Polke, Sigmar 1972