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Gerhard RichterMonograph: GERHARD RICHTER PORTRAITS (official hand signed book - 1 of only 50)2009
2009
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Gerhard Richter
GERHARD RICHTER PORTRAITS (official hand signed copy), 2009
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (official hand signed copy)
Hand signed by Gerhard Richter on the title page; bears red band on the front jacket corner noting that it is an official hand signed copy
13 3/4 × 10 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches
A true collectors item when hand signed
This lavishly illustrated hardback monograph with dust jacket bears a red corner band on the cover from the National Portrait Gallery noting that it is an official hand signed copy. According to the NPG, only 50 examples were signed in ink on the title page by Gerhard Richter.
Makes an amazing gift!
Monograph information:
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery, 2009
English; Hardcover; 176 pgs; 100 color illustrations
About Gerhard Richter:
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) was born in Dresden, Germany. He studied art at the Dresden Hochschule für Bildende Künste from 1951 to 1956, with mural painting as his concentration. In 1959, he visited documenta II, held in Kassel, Germany, an experience that inspired him to alter his artistic trajectory. After his escape from East Germany in 1961, he completed a second course of study at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. There, he united with his fellow students Sigmar Polke, Konrad Lueg, and Manfred Kuttner to collectively form the short-lived “Capitalist Realism” group.
From 1964 onward, Richter had many solo exhibitions in renowned galleries and museums worldwide. The artist’s first solo exhibition in a public institution was held at the Gegenverkehr, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst, in Aachen, Germany, in 1969. In 1972 he was selected as the only artist to represent Germany in its National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Richter has exhibited at documenta, in Kassel, Germany, more times than any other artist (1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2007, and 2017).
Richter’s first solo exhibition in a public institution was held at the Gegenverkehr, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst, in Aachen, Germany, in 1969. In 1972 he was selected as the only artist to represent Germany in its National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His work has been presented in numerous solo shows and retrospective exhibitions at important institutions worldwide, including the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (1971, 1986); Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany (1975); Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1977, 2012); Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (1986); Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (1986, 2012, 2023); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (1988, 2003); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1989, 2002); Tate, London (1991, 2011); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (1993); The Art Institute of Chicago (2002); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2002); Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (2017); The Met Breuer, New York (2020); and The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2022). In April 2023, the Nationalgalerie in Berlin opened Gerhard Richter: 100 Works for Berlin. This special long-term presentation features works that the Gerhard Richter Foundation gave to the museum on permanent loan in 2021, including Richter’s Birkenau (2014) cycle of large-scale abstract paintings.
Richter has been honored with a number of significant awards, among them the Kunstpreis Junger Westen, Recklinghausen, Germany (1967); Arnold-Bode-Preis, Kassel, Germany (1981); Oskar-Kokoschka-Preis, Vienna (1985); Goslarer Kaiserring, Goslar, Germany (1988); Golden Lion at the 47th Venice Biennale (1997); Praemium Imperiale Award, Tokyo (1997); Wexner Prize, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (1998); Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (1998); Staatspreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2000); and the Kunst- und Kulturpreis der deutschen Katholiken, Bonn, Germany (2004). In 2007 Gerhard Richter received an honorary citizenship of Cologne, Germany, and in the same year he designed a spectacular glass window for the Cologne Cathedral.
David Zwirner organized an exhibition of Richter’s prints and multiples in New York in 1994, in the gallery’s first twelve months of programming. Richter’s work was also the subject of exhibitions at the gallery in 2000 (Gerhard Richter: Early Paintings) and in 2004 (Gerhard Richter: Landscapes).
On view at David Zwirner New York in 2023 was solo exhibition of new and recent abstract works by Richter. The presentation is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with a new essay by Dieter Schwarz, one of the foremost experts on the artist’s work. Richter also published a new, limited-run artist’s book titled 100 Abstract Pictures.
Work by Gerhard Richter is held in important public and private collections worldwide. He lives and works in Cologne.
Courtesy of David Zwirner
- Creator:Gerhard Richter (1932, German)
- Creation Year:2009
- Dimensions:Height: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)Width: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
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- Condition:minor overall shelfwear to the outer jacket; interior pages and signature page are excellent.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1745217361112
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter (German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction.
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