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'Well, after this century of grand proclamations and terrible illusions, I hope for an era in which real and tangible accomplishments, and not grand proclamations, are the only things that count.'75
At the turn of the century, Richter remained focused on his Abstract Paintings - three paintings of his young son Moritz being the most notable exception [CR: 863/1-3]. Eight Grey [CR: 874/1-8] of 2001 heralded a number of works that continued the experimentation with glass. Works such as Pane[...]
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1932: 9 February: Gerhard Richter is born in Dresden to Hildegard Richter, a bookseller, and Horst Richter, a school teacher.
1933: 30 January: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor.
1936: the Richter family moves to Reichenau, a town close to Dresden, today known as Bogatynia in Poland. Richter's sister Gisela is born.
1939: 1 September: the German invasion of Poland begins; Horst is drafted in to the military and sent to the Eastern Front.
1942: Richter joins the Pimpfe, an organisation that[...]
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Gerhard Richter. Zufall. Das Kölner Domfenster und 4900 Farben = The Cologne Cathedral Window, and 4900 Colours | Diederich, Stephan / Schock-Werner, Barbara / Butin, Hubertus / Pelzer, Birgit | 2007 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 4900 Colours | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Gidal, Peter / Pelzer, Birgit / Peyton-Jones, Julia / Obrist, Hans Ulrich | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Texte zu 4900 Farben. Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; Bd. 3 | Elger, Dietmar / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Gidal, Peter / Pelzer, Birgit / Du Sautoy, Marcus | 2009 |
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| Artwork | Auction House | Estimate | Sold For | Date | ||||||
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Abstraktes Bild 260 cm x 200 cm Oil on canvas |
Sotheby's New York, USA |
Contact auction house | USD 17,442,500 |
13 November 2012 | |||||
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Split 112 cm x 102 cm Oil on canvas |
Sotheby's New York, USA |
USD 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 | USD 4,450,500 |
13 November 2012 | |||||
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I.G. 72 cm x 82 cm Oil on canvas |
Sotheby's New York, USA |
USD 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 | USD 3,442,500 |
13 November 2012 |