Matrix 95: Gerhard Richter

Matrix 95: Gerhard Richter

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

02 July 1987 – 06 September 1987

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Vermalung (grau)
Inpainting (Grey)

1971 39.8 cm x 39.9 cm Editions CR: 45

Oil on synthetic paper

Grey oil paint, painted individually with a finger resulting in a unique outcome for every copy.

Edition:

  • 150 copies, signed in pencil, dated on reverse, numbered on reverse (20 destroyed).
  • 10 copies, signed in pencil, dated on reverse, numbered in Roman numerals on reverse.

Artnet Auctions: 27 October 2021

Notes:

Edition: 84/150

 


Estimate: USD 8,000 – 12,000
Sold For:
USD 10,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)

Christie's, New York, USA: 10 March 2021

Notes:

Edition: 100/ 150


Estimate: USD 25,000 – 35,000
Sold For:
USD 40,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)

Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany: 19 June 2020

Notes:

From an edition of 150 copies


Estimate: EUR 20,000 – 30,000 USD 22,489 – 33,733
Sold For:
EUR 22,500 (incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 25,300

Grisebach, Berlin, Germany: 29 November 2019

Notes:

From an edition of 150 copies


Estimate: EUR 25,000 – 30,000 USD 27,676 – 33,211
Sold For:
EUR 35,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 38,567

Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland: 14 June 2019

Notes:

Edition: 52/150


Estimate: CHF 110,000 – 110,000 USD 110,088 – 110,088
Sold For:
CHF 110,000 (Hammer price)
USD 110,088

Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Germany: 08 June 2019

Estimate: EUR 25,000 – 35,000 USD 28,500 – 39,900
Sold For:
EUR 42,500 (incl. buyer’s premium)
USD 48,175

Finarte Milan, Milan, Italy: 04 June 2019

Estimate: EUR 8,000 – 12,000 USD 8,988 – 13,483

Sotheby's, New York, USA: 02 March 2018

Notes:

The work to be auctioned is number 147 from a series of 150 unique works.


Estimate: USD 25,000 – 35,000
Sold For:
USD 43,750 (incl. buyer’s premium)

Aste Boetto, Genoa, Italy: 19 April 2016

Notes:

The work to be auctioned is number 95 from a series of 150 unique works.


Estimate: EUR 50,000 – 56,000 USD 57,034 – 63,880
Sold For:
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Christie's, New York, USA: 12 May 2015

Notes:

The work to be auctioned is number 46 from a series of 150 unique works.


Estimate: USD 40,000 – 60,000

Christie's, New York, USA: 06 March 2015

Notes:

The work to be auctioned is number 125 from a series of 150 unique works.


Estimate: USD 20,000 – 30,000
Sold For:
USD 40,000 (incl. buyer’s premium)

This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

From Düsseldorf to Dallas: Postwar German Art in the DMA Collection Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA 21 October 2018 – 27 January 2019
Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen Gerhard Richter: The Editions Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany 07 April 2017 – 30 July 2017
Gerhard Richter: Von Elbe bis November. Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Sammlung Graphisches Kabinett, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland 18 January 2014 – 27 July 2014
Gerhard Richter: Edizioni 1965–2012 dalla Collezione Olbricht Gerhard Richter: Editions from the Olbricht Collection 1965–2012 Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy 31 January 2013 – 21 April 2013
Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965–2011 Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965–2011 me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany 12 February 2012 – 13 May 2012
Things are Queer. Highlights der Sammlung UniCredit Things are Queer: Highlights of the UniCredit Art Collection MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany 12 March 2011 – 22 May 2011
A kartuson kívül: Monokróm művek az Antal-Lusztig-gyűjteményben Outside the Cartouche: Monochrome works of the Antal-Lusztig Collection MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary 23 October 2010 – 15 March 2011
Der Westen leuchtet The Luminous West Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany 10 July 2010 – 24 October 2010
Best of Fifty Years Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany 28 November 2009 – 07 February 2010
Wege in der Gegenwart. Gerhard Richter Ways in the Present: Gerhard Richter Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany 17 July 2009 – 04 October 2009
Gerhard Richter: Retrospektive Gerhard Richter: Retrospective Albertina, Vienna, Austria 30 January 2009 – 03 May 2009
The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian, Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections, 1946–2007 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA 29 June 2008 – 07 September 2008
Drawing A Tension. Obras da Colecção Deutsche Bank Drawing A Tension: Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal 02 June 2008 – 07 September 2008
Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko und die Folgen. Wege der abstrakten Malerei Monet, Kandinsky, Rothko and Their Inheritance: Paths of Abstract Painting Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria 28 February 2008 – 29 June 2008
Gerhard Richter: Panorama Cultuurcentrum Strombeek Grimbergen, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium 15 February 2008 – 16 March 2008
Von Richter bis Scheibitz. Deutsche Arbeiten auf Papier seit 1960 aus der Sammlung From Richter to Scheibitz: German Works on Paper since 1960 from the Collection Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland 04 January 2006 – 30 July 2006
De omslag: Illusie en werkelijkheid in de kunst van de jaren '50 en '60 uit de Triton Foundation The Switch: Illusion and Reality in the Art of the '50s and '60s from the Triton Foundation Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands 01 November 2005 – 26 March 2006
Gerhard Richter. Ohne Farbe Gerhard Richter: Without Colour Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland 05 February 2005 – 08 May 2005
Painting as Process: Re-evaluating Painting Earl Lu Gallery, Lasalle-Sia College of the Arts, Singapore 05 June 2004 – 04 July 2004
Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter: Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur From Edgar Degas to Gerhard Richter: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, Nuremberg, Germany 07 December 2001 – 24 February 2002
Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter: Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur From Edgar Degas to Gerhard Richter: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany 03 June 2001 – 26 August 2001
Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter: Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur From Edgar Degas to Gerhard Richter: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur Museum der Moderne, MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria 07 April 2001 – 20 May 2001
Od Edgara Degase ke Gerhardu Richterovi: práce na papíře ze sbírky Muzea umění ve Winterthuru From Edgar Degas to Gerhard Richter: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur Palác Kinských (Kinsky Palace, National Gallery), Prague, Czech Republic 15 December 2000 – 25 March 2001
Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter: Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur From Edgar Degas to Gerhard Richter: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland 25 August 2000 – 19 November 2000
Gerhard Richter in Dallas Collections Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA 12 February 2000 – 16 April 2000
Art at Work Bank Brussel Lambert, Brussels, Belgium 14 March 1996 – 12 May 1996
Kunst in Deutschland. Werke zeitgenössischer Kunst aus der Sammlung des Bundes Art in Germany: Contemporary Works of Art from the State Collection Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany 14 July 1995 – 08 October 1995
Gerhard Richter – Editionen 1967–1993 Gerhard Richter – Editions 1967–1993 Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen, Germany 22 January 1994 – 12 March 1994
Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965–1993 Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965–1993 Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany 24 October 1993 – 21 November 1993
Regard sur l'avant-garde russe 1910–1925. Son influence dans une collection d'aujourd'hui View on Russian Avant-garde 1910–1925: Its Influence on a Contemporary Collection Centre D'art Contemporain Du Château De Tanlay, Tanlay, France 29 May 1993 – 03 October 1993
Gerhard Richter: Helga Matura Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada 24 April 1993 – 20 June 1993
Gerhard Richter: Helga Matura Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Canada 28 November 1992 – 17 January 1993
Gerhard Richter: Helga Matura Rodman Hall Arts Center, St. Catharines, Canada 11 September 1992 – 04 October 1992
Matrix 95: Gerhard Richter Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA 02 July 1987 – 06 September 1987
Gerhard Richter: Abstrakte Bilder 1978–1984 Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 1978–1984 Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen, Germany 07 December 1985 – 04 January 1986
Sammlung Ulbricht Ulbricht Collection Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 04 September 1983 – 16 October 1983
Sammlung Ulbricht Ulbricht Collection Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria 16 October 1982 – 10 November 1982
Sammlung Ulbricht Ulbricht Collection Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany 10 February 1982 – 28 March 1982

This artwork is included in the following publications:

Title Author Date

Publisher

Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln (2017)

Editor

Olbricht, Thomas

Details

Hardback, 163 pages

ISBN

9783864422003

Languages

German, English

Category

Monographs
ArtworkDiscussed: pp. 98-101 
Illustrated: pp. 102-103 (colour) 

Exhibitions

 Gerhard Richter. Unikate in Serie / Unique Pieces in Series Butin, Hubertus  2017

Publisher

National Gallery Company Ltd, London (2017)

Details

Softcover, 240 pages

ISBN

9781857096132

Language

English

Category

Group Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 8, 17 
Discussed: pp. 15, 23 

Exhibitions

 Monochrome: Painting in Black and White Packer, Lelia / Sliwka, Jennifer   2017

Publisher

Edition Folkwang / Steidl, Göttingen (2017)

Editor

Museum Folkwang

Details

Softcover, 63 pages

ISBN

9783958293564

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: p. 36 

Exhibitions

 Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen   2017

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern (2014)

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas

Details

Hardback, 337 pages

ISBN

9783775735193

ISBN

3775735194

Language

English, English

Category

Monographs
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 28, 29, 209 
Discussed: pp. 31, 39-40, 41-42 
Illustrated: p. 209 (colour) 

The publication Gerhard Richter. Editions 1965 – 2013 updates the catalogue raisonné of his editions that was published ten years earlier. This book includes additionally 35 new and hitherto unknown works

...
More Details
 Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2013 Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas  2014

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern (2014)

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas

Details

Hardback, 337 pages

ISBN

9783775735186

ISBN

3775735186

Language

German, German

Category

Monographs
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 28, 29, 209 
Discussed: pp. 31, 39-40, 41-42 
Illustrated: p. 209 (colour) 

The publication Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965 – 2013 updates the catalogue raisonné of his editions that was published ten years earlier. This book includes additionally 35 new and hitherto unknown works

...
More Details
 Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2013 Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan / Olbricht, Thomas  2014

Publisher

Dirty Lovers Books, Mörfelden-Walldorf (2010)

Details

Softcover, 99 pages

ISBN

9783000324796

Language

German

Category

Group Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: p. 98 
Illustrated: p. 71 (colour) 

Exhibitions

 Love Kills. „Betting on the Muse." Charles Bukowski (1920 － 1994) Thormaehlen, Karsten  2010

Publisher

Argobooks, Berlin (2009)

Editor

Hoffmann, Justin

Details

Softcover, 51 pages

ISBN

9783941560598

Language

German

Category

Group Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: p. 7 

Exhibitions

 Best of Fifty Years: Kunstverein Wolfsburg Hoffmann, Justin / Köhler, Volkmar  2009

Publisher

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis (2008)

Editor

Herndon-Consagra, Francesca / Norton, Sydney

Details

Softcover, 148 pages

ISBN

9780891780908

Language

English

Category

Group Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 16, 48, 143 
Discussed: p. 121 
Illustrated: p. 121 (colour) 

Exhibitions

 The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian, Swiss Drawings from Saint Louis Collections Benjamin, Brent R. / Clark, Robin / Eyerman, Charlotte / Lutz, Eric / Huremovic Schenkenberg, Tamara / Willhauck, Heidi  2008

Publisher

MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Gent (2008)

Details

Softcover, 101 pages

ISBN

9789076979533

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: p. 51 
Illustrated: p. 51 (colour) 

Exhibitions

 Gerhard Richter. Panorama Lambrecht, Luk / Leen, Frederik / Storr, Robert  2008

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit / Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf (2005)

Details

Hardback, 96 pages

ISBN

9783775715836

Languages

German, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
ArtworkIllustrated: pp. 66, 67 (colour) 

Exhibitions

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

Publisher

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit (2004)

Details

Softcover, 285 pages

ISBN

3775714308

Language

German

Category

Monographs
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 34, 185 
Discussed: pp. 23-24, 33 
Illustrated: pp. 23, 185 (colour) 

Exhibitions

The catalogue raisonné of Gerhard Richters editions 1965–2004 was published to coincided with exhibitions in Bonn, Lucerne, Emden, Tübingen and Salzburg

...
More Details
 Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2004 Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan  2004

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit (2004)

Editor

Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan

Details

Hardback, 320 pages

ISBN

3775714316

Language

English

Category

Monographs
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 23, 24, 34, 185 
Discussed: p. 33 
Illustrated: pp. 23, 185 (colour) 

Exhibitions

The catalogue raisonné of Gerhard Richters editions 1965–2004 was published to coincide with exhibitions in Bonn, Lucerne, Emden, Tübingen and Salzburg

...
More Details
 Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004   2004

Publisher

Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf (2000)

Details

Softcover, 455 pages

ISBN

3906664287

ISBN

3933807255

Language

German, German

Category

Group Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 396, 447 
Illustrated: p. 396 (b/w) 

Exhibitions

 Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter: Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur Schwarz, Dieter / Dorn, Roland / Gloor, Lukas / Hillman, Susanne / Jenny, Christine / Lentzsch, Franziska / Lullin, Etienne / Müller, Paul / Okuda, Osamu / Prange, Peter / Schubert, Dietrich / Semff, Michael / Staub, Bettina / Stergiou, Maria / Vogel, Matthias / Wegmann, Peter  2000

Publisher

Gli Ori, Prato (1999)

Details

Softcover, 205 pages

ISBN

8887700079

Languages

Italian, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: pp. 18, 31 

Exhibitions

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

Publisher

Musée national d'art Moderne, Paris (1977)

Details

Softcover, 73 pages

ISBN

2858500290

Language

French

Category

Solo Exhibitions
ArtworkMentioned: p. 49 

Exhibitions

 Gerhard Richter Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.  1977

2 related publications

Title Author Date

Publisher

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (1987)

Details

Softcover, 10 pages

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Notes

Catalogue to Richter's first solo exhibition in an American museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford as part of the Matrix exhibition series (August 23, 1987 - September 6, 1987). Organized by John Paoletti, the Richter show is 95th in the Matrix series.

Exhibitions

 Gerhard Richter: Matrix 95 Paoletti, John  1987

In

The New York Times

Issue

23 August 1987, pp. 27–29

Language

English

Category

Newspaper Articles
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Exhibitions

 Flirting With All Styles But Embracing None Smith, Roberta  1987