Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. 18. Oktober 1977

Gerhard Richter: October 18, 1977

Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

29 April 1989 - 11 June 1989

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Tote
Dead 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 667-3

Tote
Dead 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 667-2

Tote
Dead 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 667-1

Erhängte
Hanged 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 668

Erschossener 2
Man Shot Down 2 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 669-2

Erschossener 1
Man Shot Down 1 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 669-1

Zelle
Cell 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 670

Gegenüberstellung 1
Confrontation 1 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 671-1

Gegenüberstellung 2
Confrontation 2 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 671-2

Gegenüberstellung 3
Confrontation 3 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 671-3

Plattenspieler
Record Player 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 672-2

Jugendbildnis
Youth Portrait 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 672-1

Beerdigung
Funeral 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 673

Festnahme 2
Arrest 2 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 674-2

Festnahme 1
Arrest 1 1988 Catalogue Raisonné: 674-1

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Title

Author

Date

Gerhard Richter. 18. Oktober 1977

Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Germer, Stefan / Storck, Gerhard / Thorn-Prikker, Jan / König, Kasper

1989

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

1989

Details

Softcover, 59 pages

ISBN

3883751057

Language

German

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Exhibition catalogue
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. Gerhard Richter, a German painter, and one of the most exceptional and highly regarded artists of the second half of the 20th century, created, 11 years after this traumatic event, a series of 15 paintings known as October 18, 1977. It is among the most challenging works of the artist's career, and one of the 20th century's most famous works on a political theme, still highly debated and unsettling to this day.

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Gerhard Richter. 18. Oktober 1977

Storck, Gerhard / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.

1991