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Gerhard Richter. Doubt and Belief in Painting

Category Monographs
Author Storr, Robert
Publisher The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Year 2003
Details Softcover, 336 pages
ISBN 0870703552
Language English

Gerhard Richter is widely recognized as one of the most significant painters working today, and he is certainly among the most influential. He has worked in a wide range of media since the early 1960s, producing abstractions, landscapes, images derived from the mass media and from other photographs, and more. Seen together, these works call into question such widely held assumptions as the importance of stylistic consistency, individual artistic sensibility and spontaneous creativity. They also explore the impact of technology and media imagery on the traditional methods and formats of painting.

The Museum of Modern Art has published two important books on Richter, both written by Robert Storr: one covering forty years of his work, and published to accompany the Museum's large retrospective of his work in 2002, and one focusing on a single crucial series, October 18, 1977. This book brings together the essays and recent interviews from both of those books in a single volume.

The following artworks are mentioned, discussed or illustrated in the book:

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Tisch
Table 1962 Catalogue Raisonné: 1 Mentioned: pp. 16, 54 Discussed: pp. 44 Illustrated: p. 18 (b/w)
Party
Party 1963 Catalogue Raisonné: 2-1 Discussed: pp. 43 Illustrated: p. 45 (b/w)
Mund
Mouth 1963 Catalogue Raisonné: 11-1 Mentioned: pp. 43, 50, 62
Bomber
Bombers 1963 Catalogue Raisonné: 13 Mentioned: pp. 43, 58, 59, 117
Kuh
Cow 1964 Catalogue Raisonné: 15 Illustrated: p. 25 (b/w)
Oswald
Oswald 1964 Catalogue Raisonné: 16 Mentioned: pp. 153, 240
Mustang-Staffel
Mustang Squadron 1964 Catalogue Raisonné: 19 Mentioned: pp. 58, 59, 117 Illustrated: p. 20 (b/w)
Ferrari
Ferrari 1964 Catalogue Raisonné: 22 Mentioned: pp. 54, 61 Illustrated: p. 24 (b/w)
Frau mit Schirm
Woman with Umbrella 1964 Catalogue Raisonné: 29 Mentioned: pp. 55, 56, 153 Illustrated: p. 29 (b/w)
Herr Heyde
Mr. Heyde 1965 Catalogue Raisonné: 100 Mentioned: pp. 117, 163, 167, 250 Discussed: pp. 58 Illustrated: p. 59 (b/w)
Helga Matura
Helga Matura 1966 Catalogue Raisonné: 124 Mentioned: pp. 240, 250 Discussed: pp. 55, 56
Helga Matura mit Verlobtem
Helga Matura with her Fiancé 1966 Catalogue Raisonné: 125 Mentioned: pp. 240, 250 Discussed: pp. 55, 56
Acht Lernschwestern
Eight Student Nurses 1966 Catalogue Raisonné: 130 Mentioned: pp. 43, 56, 153, 240, 250 Discussed: pp. 55, 56 Illustrated: p. 28, 29 (b/w)
Ema (Akt auf einer Treppe)
Ema (Nude on a Staircase) 1966 Catalogue Raisonné: 134 Mentioned: pp. 57, 136 Discussed: pp. 144, 145 Illustrated: p. 27 (b/w)
Sechs Farben
Six Colours 1966 Catalogue Raisonné: 142 Mentioned: pp. 89
Studentin
Student 1967 Catalogue Raisonné: 149 Mentioned: pp. 61, 90
Spanische Akte
Spanish Nudes 1967 Catalogue Raisonné: 150 Mentioned: pp. 54
Olympia
Olympia 1967 Catalogue Raisonné: 157 Mentioned: pp. 90
4 Glasscheiben
4 Panes of Glass 1967 Catalogue Raisonné: 160 Discussed: pp. 86, 87 Illustrated: p. 87 (b/w)
Kleiner Akt
Small Nude 1967 Catalogue Raisonné: 165 Mentioned: pp. 62
Domplatz, Mailand
Cathedral Square, Milan 1968 Catalogue Raisonné: 169 Mentioned: pp. 62 Discussed: pp. 59, 60 Illustrated: p. 30 (b/w)
Stadtbild Madrid
Townscape Madrid 1968 Catalogue Raisonné: 171 Mentioned: pp. 60, 92 Illustrated: p. 31 (b/w)
Himalaja
Himalaya 1968 Catalogue Raisonné: 181 Mentioned: pp. 90
Grauschlieren
Grey Streaks 1968 Catalogue Raisonné: 192-1 Illustrated: p. 65 (b/w)
Brücke (am Meer)
Bridge (at the Seaside) 1969 Catalogue Raisonné: 202 Mentioned: pp. 90
Schattenbild
Shadow Picture 1968 Catalogue Raisonné: 209-8 Discussed: pp. 87 Illustrated: p. 64 (b/w)
Stadtbild SL
Townscape SL 1969 Catalogue Raisonné: 218-1 Mentioned: pp. 60 Illustrated: p. 31 (b/w)
Seestück (bewölkt)
Seascape (Cloudy) 1969 Catalogue Raisonné: 239-1 Mentioned: pp. 91 Illustrated: p. 66 (b/w)
Seestück (See-See)
Seascape (Sea-Sea) 1970 Catalogue Raisonné: 244 Mentioned: pp. 91 Illustrated: p. 67 (b/w)
Stadtbild PL
Townscape PL 1970 Catalogue Raisonné: 249 Mentioned: pp. 60 Illustrated: p. 30 (b/w)
Wolke
Cloud 1970 Catalogue Raisonné: 270-3 Mentioned: pp. 91
Ausschnitt (braun)
Detail (Brown) 1970 Catalogue Raisonné: 271 Mentioned: pp. 91 Illustrated: p. 68 (b/w)
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