LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

118.31 in. (300.50 cm.) (height) by 98.62 in. (250.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated 1986 and numbered 599 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Cologne, Museum Ludwig (on loan) East Berlin, Neue Berliner Galerie im Alten Museum; Dresden, Albertinum, Galerie Neue Meister Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; and Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Positionen: Malerei aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1986-87, p. 185, illustrated in color

Literature:

Angelika Thill, et al., Gerhard Richter Catalogue Raisonné, 1962-1993, Vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit 1993, n.p., no. 599, illustrated in color Exhibition Catalogue, Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1996, p. 626, illustrated in color Peter Krueger, Ed., Art Bridge: New York-Cologne-New York, 50 years of Transatlantic Dialogue, Berlin 2001, p. 405, illustrated in color Gerhard Hoffmann, From Modernism to Postmodernism: Concepts and Strategies of Postmodern American Fiction, New York 2005, illustrated in color on the front cover Tony Godfrey, Painting Today, London 2009, p. 141, no. 166, illustrated in color Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné 1976-1987, Vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit 2013, p. 507, no. 599, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Michael and Eleonore Stoffel Foundation, Cologne (acquired directly from the artist) Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art: Part I, 18 May 1999, Lot 42 Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner