LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and graphite on canvas

Measurements:

39.21 in. (99.60 cm.) (height) by 31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed Wolke für Schäfer; signed, titled, dated 69, numbered 242 and inscribed Wolke (unvollendet) on the reverse

Exhibited:

Dusseldorf, Düsseldorf Grabbeplatz Kunsthalle,. Gerhard Richter: Arbeiten 1962 bis 1971 , June - August 1971, n.p., no. 242, illustrated. London, Christie's Mayfair,. Polke / Richter - Richter / Polke , April - July 2014, pp. 53 and 168, illustrated in colour

Literature:

Exh. Cat., Venice, German Pavilion, 36. th Venice Biennale, . Gerhard Richter , June - October 1972, p. 42 (text). Exh. Cat. (and catalogue raisonné), Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, . Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Paintings 1962-1985 , January - March 1986, p. 110, no. 242, illustrated. Exh. Cat. (and catalogue raisonné), Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, . Gerhard Richter: 1962-1993 , Vol. III, December 1993 - February 1994, p. 39, no. 242, illustrated. Dietmar Elger, . Gerhard Richter: Maler , Cologne 2002, p. 211 (text) . Tobias Timm, 'Schönwetterwolken überm Schlaraffenland',. Die Zeit, 24 March 2011, p. 57, illustrated in colour . Dietmar Elger, Ed., . Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné 1968-1976 , Vol. II, Ostfildern 2017, p. 177, no. 242-1, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Dr. Ludger Schäfer, Dusseldorf (acquired directly from the artist in 1969). Christie's, London, 29 June 1999, Lot 43. Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York. Peter Freeman Inc., New York . Private Collection. Peter Freeman Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011