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7 Scheiben (Kartenhaus)
7 Panes (House of Cards) 2013 Catalogue Raisonné: 932

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Early Years

Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden on 9th February 1932, the first child of Horst and Hildegard Richter. A daughter, Gisela, followed four years later. They were in many respects an average middle-class family: Horst worked as a teacher at a secondary school in Dresden and Hildegard was a bookseller who liked to play the piano.1 In an interview with Robert Storr, Richter described his early family life as 'simple, orderly, structured – mother playing the piano and father earning[...]

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Chronology

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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Distance intime. Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Ishikawa Intimate distance. Masterpieces from the Ishikawa Collection MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, Montpellier, France 29 June 2019 - 29 September 2019
Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA 28 February 2020 - 25 April 2020
Vija Celmins | Gerhard Richter. Double Vision Vija Celmins | Gerhard Richter. Double Vision Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany 12 May 2023 - 27 August 2023

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Glass 7 Panes (House of Cards), CR 932-2  
Glass 7 Panes (House of Cards), CR 932-2 (Marian Goodman Gallery, London)