Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter 1932 10. Jan. 2000 (Firenze). 2000. Oil color photograph, originally mounted on backing board. Signed in the lower right of the backing board and inscribed “Jan. 10, 2000” in the lower left. On photo paper. 12 x 12 cm (4.7 x 4.7 in). [AR]. • Florence behind veils of color: From Gerhard Richter’s highly evocative series of overpainted photographs. • A masterful fusion of two artistic media: photography and abstract painting. • Exhibited in 2008–09 in a comprehensive exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s overpainted photographs. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany. EXHIBITION: Gerhard Richter. Übermalte Fotografien, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Oct. 17, 2008–Jan. 18, 2009, p. 383 (with color illustration in the catalog). “Photography has almost no reality; it is almost purely image. And painting always has reality; you can touch the paint; it has a presence—yet it always results in an image.” Gerhard Richter, quoted from: Stefan Koldehoff, Die italienische Reise, in: art Kunstmagazin, July 2001, No. 7, pp. 58–63, here p. 63 Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 13.08 h +/- 20 min.

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