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4900 Colours

4900 Farben
4900 Colours

2007 680 cm x 680 cm Catalogue Raisonné 901

Lacquer on Alu Dibond

4900 Colours is composed of 196 panels, each of which consists of 25 squares. The panels can be arranged in 11 core configurations (each using all 196 panels), ranging from multiple smaller grid combinations of various sizes to just one large-scale work.

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La Collection de La Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la création, Paris, France


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This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

Gerhard Richter. 100 Werke für Berlin Gerhard Richter: 100 Works for Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 01 April 2023 – 01 January 2026
게르하르트 리히터 Gerhard Richter. 4900 Colours Espace Louis Vuitton, Seoul, South Korea 12 March 2021 – 18 July 2021
Gerhard Richter: Painting After All The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA 04 March 2020 – 05 July 2020
Par hasard By chance Centre de la Vieille Charité & Friche Belle-de-mai, Marseille, France 18 October 2019 – 23 February 2020
Gerhard Richter John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK 12 May 2018 – 18 August 2018
Gerhard Richter. Selected Works Espace Louis Vuitton, Beijing, China 29 June 2017 – 26 November 2017
Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Serien Gerhard Richter: Pictures / Series Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland 18 May 2014 – 07 September 2014
Giv os i dag… Når kunsten går i kirke Give us Today… When Art Goes To Church KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, Denmark 11 October 2012 – 24 February 2013
Gerhard Richter: Panorama Neue und Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 12 February 2012 – 13 May 2012
Gerhard Richter: 4900 Colours Serpentine Gallery, London, UK 23 September 2008 – 23 November 2008
Gerhard Richter. Zufall. 4900 Farben und Entwürfe zum Kölner Domfenster Gerhard Richter: Chance – 4900 Colours and Designs for the Cologne Cathedral Window Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany 25 August 2007 – 13 January 2008

This artwork is included in the following publications:

Title Author Date

Issue

 01 January 2023

Publisher

 Heni Publishing, London

Details

 Hardback, 198 pages

ISBN

 9781912122592

Language

 English

Category

 Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 139
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The Richter Interviews Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Richter, Gerhard 2023

Issue

 01 January 2022

Publisher

 MIT Press, Cambridge

Details

 Softcover, 696 pages

ISBN

 9780262543538

Language

 English

Category

 Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 651, 659
Discussed: pp. 437-439, 446, 451, 454, 456-463
Illustrated: p. 438, 452, 453 (detail) (colour)
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Gerhard Richter: Painting after the Subject of History Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. 2022

Issue

 01 January 2020

Publisher

 Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

Editor

 Pagé, Suzanne

Details

 Softcover, 103 pages

ISBN

 9782917217696

Language

 French

Category

 Collections
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 8, 23, 38, 87, 100, 101, 102, 103
Discussed: pp. 15, 20, 89-96
Illustrated: p. 63, 90, 91, 96 (colour)
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Gerhard Richter: Les cahiers 2020

Issue

 01 January 2020

Publisher

 Yale University Press, New Haven

Details

 Hardback, 269 pages

ISBN

 9781588396853

Language

 English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions

Notes

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Gerhard Richter: Painting After All", 4 March 2020 - 5 July 2020, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and 14 August 2020 - 19 January 2021, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 86, 250, 265
Discussed: pp. 90
Illustrated: p. 91, 202-203 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter: Painting After All Wagstaff, Sheena / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. 2020

Issue

 01 January 2017

Publisher

 Hirmer Verlag, München

Editor

 Schreier, Christoph / Kunstmuseum Bonn

Details

 Softcover, 128 pages

ISBN

 9783777428970

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 23, 113
Illustrated: p. 126 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter: Über Malen / Frühe Bilder 2017

Issue

 01 January 2017

Publisher

 Edition Folkwang / Steidl, Göttingen

Editor

 Museum Folkwang

Details

 Softcover, 63 pages

ISBN

 9783958293564

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Discussed: pp. 29

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Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen 2017

Issue

 01 January 2015

Publisher

 Dominique Lévy, New York

Details

 Hardback, 140 pages

ISBN

 9781944379018

Language

 English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 12, 17, 122
Illustrated: p. 122 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter: Colour Charts Elger, Dietmar / Butin, Hubertus / Mansoor, Jaleh 2015

Issue

 01 January 2014

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Editor

 Obrist, Hans Ulrich

Details

 Hardback, 188 pages

ISBN

 978-3775738040

ISBN

 3775738045

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 17, 134, 187
Discussed: pp. 32 - 33
Illustrated: p. 135 - 137 (colour)

Exhibitions

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Bilder / Serien accompanies Gerhard Richter’s eponymous exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler. The show is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, a longstanding friend of Richter

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Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Serien Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter 2014

Issue

 01 January 2014

Publisher

 Marian Goodman, London

Details

 Hardback, 109 pages

ISBN

 9780944219232

Language

 English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 5

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Gerhard Richter Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert 2014

Issue

 01 January 2014

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Editor

 Obrist, Hans Ulrich

Details

 Hardback, 188 pages

ISBN

 9783906053158

ISBN

 9783775738057

Language

 English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 16, 134, 187
Discussed: pp. 32 - 33
Illustrated: p. 135 - 137 (colour)

Exhibitions

The catalogue Gerhard Richter. Pictures / Series accompanies Gerhard Richter’s exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler. The show is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, a longstanding friend of Richter

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Gerhard Richter: Pictures / Series Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter 2014

Issue

 01 January 2013

Publisher

 Walther König, Köln

Details

 Hardback, 79 pages

ISBN

 9783863354534

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 29

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Gerhard Richter. Streifen & Glas Schwarz, Dieter / Storr, Robert 2013

Issue

 01 January 2013

Publisher

 Sprengel Museum, Hannover

Details

 Softcover, 84 pages

ISBN

 9783891692295

ISBN

 3891692293

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 58

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Purer Zufall: Unvorhergesehenes von Marcel Duchamp bis Gerhard Richter Rist, Annerose / Schwarz, Isabelle 2013

Issue

 01 January 2012

Publisher

 Édition du Centre Pompidou, Paris

Editor

 Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille

Details

 Hardback, 304 pages

ISBN

 978-2844265746

ISBN

 284426574X

Language

 French English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 7, 124, 202, 301

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Gerhard Richter, Panorama: une rétrospective = a retrospective Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine 2012

Issue

 01 January 2012

Publisher

 Prestel, München

Editor

 Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille

Details

 Hardback, 305 pages

ISBN

 9783791351896

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 7, 11, 301
Illustrated: p. 276 (colour)

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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: Retrospektive Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine 2012

Issue

 01 January 2011

Publisher

 Marsilio, Venezia

Details

 Softcover, 219 pages

ISBN

 9788831711128

Language

 Italian

Category

 Monographs
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 23, 141, 181, 186, 190
Discussed: pp. 163-165, 168-173, 174-176, 185-186, 192
Illustrated: p. 179, 184 (b/w)
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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter Garbin, Emanuele 2011

Issue

 01 January 2011

Publisher

 Tate Publishing, London

Details

 Softcover, 288 pages

ISBN

 1854379453

ISBN

 978-1854379450

Language

 English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 7, 203, 301, 294
Illustrated: p. 278 (colour)

Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: A Retrospective Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine 2011

Issue

 01 January 2009

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

 Softcover, 96 pages

ISBN

 9783775724029

Language

 German

Category

 Monographs

Notes

Series 'Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; vol. 3'
Artwork

Gerhard Richter. Texte zu 4900 Farben is the German translation of the Gerhard Richter. 4900 Colours catalogue, which was published to coincide with the 4900 Colours exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 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

Issue

 01 January 2008

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

 Hardback, 160 pages

ISBN

 3775722483

Language

 German

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 8

Exhibitions

The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder at Museum Ludwig, Cologne and Haus der Kunst, Munich. The exhibitions were dedicated to Gerhard Richter’s abstract pictures

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Gerhard Richter: Abstrakte Bilder Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor 2008

Issue

 01 January 2008

Publisher

 Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Details

 Hardback, 144 pages

ISBN

 9783775723442

Language

 English

Category

 Solo Exhibitions
Artwork Mentioned: pp. 7, 8, 99
Discussed: pp. 62 - 71, 87 - 99, 117 - 131
Illustrated: p. 120 (colour)

Exhibitions

The catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition Gerhard Richter: 4900 Colours at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2008.

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Gerhard Richter. 4900 Colours Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Gidal, Peter / Pelzer, Birgit / Peyton-Jones, Julia / Obrist, Hans Ulrich 2008

Issue

 01 January 2007

Publisher

 Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Details

 Softcover, 144 pages

ISBN

 9783865602985

Language

 German English

Category

 Monographs

Notes

This book documents Gerhard Richter's abstract, stained-glass window for Germany's historic Cologne Cathedral.
Artwork Illustrated: p. 97, 98, 99 (colour)

The book Gerhard Richter. Zufall. The Cologne Cathedral Window, and 4900 Colours examines the creative process behind Richter’s work at Cologne Cathedral [CR: 900].

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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