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48 Portraits (Arrigo Boito)

48 Portraits (Arrigo Boito)
48 Portraits (Arrigo Boito)

1971/72 70 cm x 55 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 324-8

Oil on canvas

Arrigo Boito (1842 – 1918), (originally Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito) was an Italian novelist and composer that also worked as a librettist e.g. for Giuseppe Verdi at Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893). His most familiar work is the opera Mefistofele (1868).

 

Gerhard Richter painted 48 Portraits for the German pavilion of the 1972 Venice Biennale. He created 48 individual portraits of historical figures for the exhibition space of the pavilion: writers, scientists, composers and philosophers can be found, whereas politicians and artists are not represented. Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein and Oscar Wilde are among the most famous, alongside some less-known individuals.

 

The 48 Portraits depict solely white central European and American males, born between 1824 and 1904. Richter selected them from 270 portrait photographs that he had taken from encyclopaedias and lexicons and collected in his Atlas [Sheets: 3041].

 

The paintings were directly based on the source images from Atlas. The choice of a standardised format (70 x 55 cm) and source images similar in form underline the uniformity of the paintings. The realisation in greyscale as well as the soft rendering of the faces that show only few wrinkles or unevenness, make the pictures appear as homogeneous entity.

 

48 Portraits have often been interpreted in relation to Richter's personal history and beliefs. However, the individuality of the depicted people seems to have limited significance because the artist homogenised their features during the process of painting. 'I am interested in the speechless language of these pictures. Heads, even if they are full of literature and philosophy, become quite unliterary. Literature is invalidated; the personalities become anonymous. That's what is important to me here.'1

 

The German pavilion at the Venice Biennale was reconstructed in 1938 and therefore reflects the architecture of National Socialist Germany. In the framework of this unadorned monumental architecture, the choice of the portrait genre evokes associations of portraits of political leaders. In opposition to this, Richter creates a multiplicity of portraits omitting the depictions of politicians. Hence the architecture and the work 48 Portraits could be seen as complementing one another.

 

The fact that no women were included in the series of portraits lead to speculations. In retrospect, Richter explained the circumstances as follows: 'And as I mentioned, you also have the psychological or subjective timeliness of the father problem. This affects all of society. I am not talking about myself because that would be rather uninteresting, but the absence of the father is a typical German problem. That is the reason for such agitation; that is why this work has such a disquieting effect.'2

 

The work 48 Portraits does not allow conclusions to be drawn whether Richter had any personal appreciation toward certain persons: '(…) I didn't want to intimate any specific ideology or theme. I wanted pure pictures that wouldn't be subject to ideological interpretation' stated Gerhard Richter.3 However, the work needs to be regarded in relation to its time of origin and the space it was created for. It is therefore inevitably interwoven with the artist's own history.

 

Notes prepared by editorial team


1 Conversation with Mathias Schreiber, 1972 in: Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters, 1961–2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2009, p. 63

2 MoMA Interview with Robert Storr, 2002 in: Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters, 1961–2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2009, p. 422.

3 Conversation with Mathias Schreiber, 1972, p. 63

 

Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

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Author
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Gerhard Richter
Elger, Dietmar / Fajt, Jiří
2017

Publisher

The National Gallery in Prague, Prague

Year

2017

Details

Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

9788070356463

Language

English

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2017

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

2017

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Softcover, 70 pages

ISBN

9783960980940

Language

German, English

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Museum Folkwang (ed.)
2017

Publisher

Edition Folkwang / Steidl, Göttingen

Year

2017

Details

Softcover, 63 pages

ISBN

9783958293564

Language

German

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Robert Storr: Interviews on Art
Storr, Robert
2017

Publisher

Heni Publishing, London

Year

2017

Editor

Pietropaolo, Francesca

Details

Hardback, 925 pages

ISBN

9780993010354

Language

English

Category

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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

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Language

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2016

Publisher

Lannoo Publishers, Tielt

Year

2016

Editor

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ISBN

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2016

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Year

2016

Details

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ISBN

9784902070460

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2015

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Bloomsbury Academic, London

Year

2015

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9781472589019

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2015

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Year

2015

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9781944379018

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2015

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Year

2015

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480 pages

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9783422073111

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English

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Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter
2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Year

2014

Editor

Obrist, Hans Ulrich

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ISBN

978-3775738040, 3775738045

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2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Year

2014

Editor

Obrist, Hans Ulrich

Details

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ISBN

9783906053158, 9783775738057

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English

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2014

Publisher

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Year

2014

Details

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ISBN

9783869845296

Language

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Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas
2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Year

2014

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas

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English

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Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas
2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Year

2014

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas

Details

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ISBN

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2012

Publisher

Prestel, München

Year

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Editor

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9783791351896

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2012

Publisher

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Year

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Editor

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2011

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Year

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2011

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Hirmer Verlag, München

Year

2011

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Year

2011

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9783863350567

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Year

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Moorhouse, Paul
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DuMont, Köln

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Moorhouse, Paul
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2009

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Kulturstiftung der Länder in Verbindung mit dem Gerhard Richter Archiv, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden

Year

2009

Details

Softcover, 32 pages

Language

German

Category

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Elger, Dietmar
2009

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Year

2009

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ISBN

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Storr, Robert
2009

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Tate Publishing, London

Year

2009

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Hardback, 199 pages

ISBN

9781854378569, 1854378562

Language

English

Category

Monographs

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Elger, Dietmar
2008

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DuMont, Köln

Year

2008

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Softcover, 415 pages

ISBN

9783832190651

Language

German

Category

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Zeller, Ursula
2007
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2007

Publisher

Walther König, Köln

Year

2007

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Softcover, 135 pages

ISBN

3865602991

Language

German

Category

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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

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Notes

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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

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Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus
2006

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostildern-Ruit

Year

2006

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Hardback, 224 pages

ISBN

9783775717243

Language

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Eble, Bruno
2006

Publisher

L'Harmattan, Paris

Year

2006

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Softcover, 242 pages

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9782296015272

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Schreiber, Jürgen
2005

Publisher

Pendo Verlag, München & Zürich

Year

2005

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Hardback, 304 pages

ISBN

3866120583

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German

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Spieler, Reinhard / Gelshorn, Julian / Kania, Elke / Krystof, Doris
2005

Publisher

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

Year

2005

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Hardback, 96 pages

ISBN

9783775715836

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De Salvo, Donna / Burton, Johanna / Godfrey, Mark / Groys, Boris
2005

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Tate, London

Year

2005

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Softcover, 183 pages

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1854375652

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Storr, Robert
2003

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Year

2003

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Softcover, 336 pages

ISBN

0870703552

Language

English

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Kasper, Astrid
2003

Publisher

Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin

Year

2003

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Hardback, 362 pages

ISBN

9783496012894

Language

German

Category

Theses

Notes

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Kimmelman, Michael
2002

In

The New York Times

Language

English

Category

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Gerhard Richter. Malerei
Storr, Robert
2002

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Year

2002

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Gerhard Richter. Forty Years of Painting
Storr, Robert
2002

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Year

2002

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189102437X

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Elger, Dietmar
2002

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

2002

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Hardback, 420 pages

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9783832158484

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Atlas, Shrug
Soutif, Daniel
2002

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Artforum

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01 January 2002, p. 162, 194, 207

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0004-3532

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English

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2002

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Modern Painters

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Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz
2001

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

2001

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Hardback, 79 pages

ISBN

388375479X

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English

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Schneede, Uwe M. / Heinrich, Christoph / Derenthal, Ludger / Fuchs, Martina / Lil, Kira van / Wappler, Friederike / Görgen, Annabelle / Sykora, Katharina / Müllerschön, Nicola
2001

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Year

2001

Editor

Schneede, Uwe M.

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Hardback, 192 pages

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3775711201

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Numaba, Shin-Ichi / Friedel, Helmut
2001

Publisher

Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Kawamura

Year

2001

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English, Japanese

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Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977
Storr, Robert
2000

Publisher

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Year

2000

Details

Hardback, 151 pages

ISBN

0870700235

Language

English

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

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

2000

Details

Hardback, 80 pages

ISBN

3883754161

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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History Painting Reassessed. The Representation of History in Contemporary Art
Green, David / Seddon, Peter
2000

Publisher

Manchester University Press, Manchester

Year

2000

Details

Softcover, 162 pages

ISBN

0719051673

Language

English

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Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
2000

Publisher

MIT Press, Cambridge

Year

2000

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Softcover, 592 pages

ISBN

9780262523479

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English

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Vernetzte Zeiten. Über Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, Heribert C. Ottersbach, Neo Rauch
Thomas, Karin
2000

In

Kunstforum International

Issue

01 January 2000, Vol. 150, p. 298 - 309

Language

German

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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

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Otto, Almut / Blunck, Lars / Pötzscher, Anke / Schuster, Peter-Klaus / Schneider, Angela / Blume, Eugen / Scholz, Dieter / Wullen, Moritz / Jäger, Joachim
1999

Publisher

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

Year

1999

Details

Softcover, 659 pages

ISBN

9783875848694

Language

German

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Gerhard Richter. Werke aus Aachener Sammlungen
Brusis, Ilse / Murken, Hinrich / Becker, Wolfgang / Elger, Dietmar / Engels, Maria / Gold, Anne
1999

Publisher

Kunst aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Aachen

Year

1999

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Softcover, 90 pages

ISBN

3000052488

Language

German

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Ohne Eigenschaften. Das Portrait bei Gerhard Richter
Ehrenfried, Susanne
1997

Publisher

Springer, Wien

Year

1997

Details

Softcover, 242 pages

ISBN

3211829644

Language

German

Category

Theses

Notes

Thesis (Ph.D.). - Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, 1996

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Deutschlandbilder. Kunst aus einem geteilten Land
Gillen, Eckhart
1997

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

1997

Details

Softcover, 654 pages

ISBN

3770138694, 978-3770138692

Language

German

Category

Group Exhibitions

Notes

47. Berliner Festwochen in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 07.09.1997-11.01.1998

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Divided Memory and Post-Traditional Identity. Gerhard Richter's Work of Mourning
Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
1996

In

October. Art, theory, criticism, politics

Publisher

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

ISBN

0162-2870

Language

English

Category

Essays

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Abstraction in the Twentieth Century. Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline
Rosenthal, Mark
1996

Publisher

Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Year

1996

Details

Softcover, 310 pages

ISBN

0810968908, 978-0810968905

Language

English

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter
Alborch, Carmen / Corral, María de / Lebrero Stals, José / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
1994
Das ironische Gesamtkunstwerk. Zur Richter-Retrospektive in der Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 10. Dezember 1993 - 13. Februar 1994
Prange, Regine
1994
Text: Schriften und Interviews
Richter, Gerhard / Obrist, Hans Ulrich
1993

Publisher

Insel Verlag, Frankfurt a. M.

Year

1993

Details

Softcover, 277 pages

ISBN

3458165606

Language

German

Category

Monographs

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Drei Impromptus über die Kunst Gerhard Richters / Three Impromptus on the Art of Gerhard Richter
Criqui, Jean-Pierre / Aeberli, Irene / Sartarelli, Stephen
1993

In

Parkett

Publisher

Parkett Verlag, Zürich

Language

German, English

Category

Essays

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The Richter-Scale of Blur
Koch, Gertrud
1992

In

October. Art, theory, criticism, politics

Publisher

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

ISBN

0162-2870

Language

English

Category

Essays

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Gerhard Richter. Les pouvoirs de l'abstraction
Drathen, Doris von
1992

In

Les Cahiers du Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou

Publisher

Les Cahiers du Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou

Details

Softcover, 125 pages

Language

French

Category

Essays

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Gerhard Richter
Joyce, Conor
1991

In

Art Monthly

Issue

01 December 1991, p. 3 - 5

Category

Online Publications

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Gerhard Richter
Rainbird, Sean / Severne, Judith
1991

Publisher

Tate Publishing, London

Year

1991

Details

144 pages

ISBN

9781854370846

Language

English

Category

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Teuteberg, Gabriele / Uelsberg, Gabriele
1991

Publisher

Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen

Year

1991

Details

Softcover, 112 pages

Language

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

Group Exhibitions

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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

Year

1989

Details

Softcover, 166 pages

ISBN

9069180464

Language

Dutch, English

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

Category

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas
Zweite, Armin
1989

Publisher

Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Year

1989

Details

Softcover, 236 pages

Language

German

Category

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The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Atlas was published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. Atlas der Fotos, Collagen und Skizzen in Städtische Galerie in the Lenbachhaus, München.

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Abstrakte Malerei aus Amerika und Europa = Abstract Painting of America and Europe. Brice Marden, Gerhard Richter, Helmut Federle, Robert Mangold, Robert Ryman
Schwarzwälder, Rosemarie
1988

Publisher

Galerie nächst St. Stefan, Wien

Year

1988

Details

Softcover, 220 pages

ISBN

3854150563

Language

English, German

Category

Group Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Paintings
Neff, Terry A. / Nasgaard, Roald / Danoff, I. Michael / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
1988

Publisher

Thames and Hudson, New York, NY

Year

1988

Details

Hardback, 160 pages

ISBN

0500014426

Language

English

Category

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Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogue by Roald Nasgaard, with an essay by I. Michael Danoff, and an interview with Gerhard Richter by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, edited by Terry A. Neff.

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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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La nouvelle peinture allemande dans la collection Ludwig Aix-La-Chapelle, 1986-87
Becker, Wolfgang
1987
The Elusive Gerhard Richter
Ellis, Stephen
1986

In

Art in America

Language

English

Category

Essays

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985
Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar
1986
Der vergeßliche Engel. Künstlerporträts für Fortgeschrittene
Grasskamp, Walter
1986

Publisher

Schreiber, München

Year

1986

Details

Softcover, 192 pages

ISBN

3889600093

Language

German

Category

Monographs

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Gerhard Richter. Mögliche Aspekte eines postmodernen Bewusstseins
Thomas-Netik, Anja
1986

Publisher

Blaue Eule, Essen

Year

1986

Details

Hardback, 216 pages

ISBN

9783892061298

Language

German

Category

Theses

Notes

Thesis (Ph.D.). - Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1986

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Gerhard Richter. Painting as a Moral Act
Bruggen, Coosje van
1985

In

Artforum

Issue

01 January 1985, p. 82 - 91

ISBN

0004-3532

Language

English

Category

Online Publications

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Gerhard Richter
Loock, Ulrich / Zacharopoulos, Denys / Elger, Dietmar
1985

Publisher

Silke Schreiber Verlag, München

Year

1985

Details

Hardback, 127 pages

ISBN

978-3-88960-003-5, 3-88960-003-4

Language

German

Category

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Gerhard Richter. Réflexion sur l'échec de la peinture
Blistène, Bernard
1983

In

Art Press

Issue

01 February 1983, p. 23 - 26

Language

French

Category

Online Publications

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Gerhard Richter. 48 Portraits
Morris, Lynda
1978

Publisher

Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham

Year

1978

Details

Softcover, 48 pages

ISBN

0950491152

Language

English

Category

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Gerhard Richter. Abstract paintings
Fuchs, Rudolf Herman / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
1978

Publisher

Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Year

1978

Details

Softcover, 20 pages

Language

English

Category

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Kunst um 1970 = Art Around 1970. Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen im Künstlerhaus Wien
Mayr, Hans / Sotriffer, Kristian / Becker, Wolfgang / Ludwig, Peter
1977

Publisher

Gesellschaft Bildender Künstler Österreichs, Künstlerhaus, Wien

Year

1977

Details

Softcover, 65 pages

Language

German

Category

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Gerhard Richter
Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
1977

Publisher

Musée national d'art Moderne, Paris

Year

1977

Details

Softcover, 73 pages

ISBN

2858500290

Language

French

Category

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Künstler - die wichtigsten Leute der Welt. Betrachtungen zum Menschenbildnis Gerhard Richters
Murken, Axel Hinrich / Murken-Altrogge, Christa
1977

In

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Details

11 pages

Language

German

Category

Essays

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Gerhard Richter
Honnef, Klaus
1976

Publisher

Verlag Aurel Bongers, Recklinghausen

Year

1976

Details

Hardback, 72 pages

ISBN

3764702877

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Monographien zur rheinisch-westfälischen Kunst der Gegenwart, Volume 50.

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KP Brehmer, KH Hödicke, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Wolf Vostell. Werkverzeichnisse der Druckgrafik
Block, René
1976

Publisher

Edition René Block, Berlin

Year

1976

Details

Softcover, 70 pages

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Published in two volumes: Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus 1: Werkverzeichnisse bis 1971 Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus 2: Werkverzeichnisse der Druckgrafik, September 1971 - May 1976

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder aus den Jahren 1962-1974
Grüterich, Marlis / Schneckenburger, Manfred
1975

Publisher

Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen

Year

1975

Details

Softcover, 108 pages

Language

German

Category

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Art conceptuel et hyperréaliste. Collection Ludwig
Becker, Wolfgang / Pagé, Suzanne
1974

Publisher

Musée d'Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, Paris

Year

1974

Details

Softcover, 6 pages

Language

French

Category

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Kunst aus Fotografie. Was machen Künstler heute mit Fotografie? Montagen - Übermalungen - Gemälde - Dokumente - Fotobilder
Leppien, Helmut R.
1973

Publisher

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover

Year

1973

Details

Softcover, 83 pages

Language

German

Category

Group Exhibitions

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The catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition Kunst aus Fotografie. Was machen Künstler heute mit FotgrafieMontagen, Übermalungen, Gemälde, Dokumente, Fotobilder that was held at Kunstverein Hannover in 1973.

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Ekstrem realisme. Værker fra Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, Sammlung Ludwig
Jensen, Knud W. / Harder, Uffe / Borum, Poul / Buch, Hugo Arne
1973

Publisher

Humlebæk, Louisiana

Year

1973

Details

Softcover, 39 pages

ISBN

0024-6891,

Language

Danish, English, French, German

Category

Group Exhibitions

Notes

Issue of: Louisiana Revy 1973, 13(3)

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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

Publisher

Museum Folkwang, Essen

Year

1972

Details

Hardback, 154 pages

Language

Italian, German, English

Category

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