Gerhard Richter - Schweizer Alpen I

Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (40s-60s ) Gerhard Richter - Biography

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Gerhard Richter
1932
Schweizer Alpen I. 1969.
Silkscreen in colors.
Signed. With the stamp “Gerhard Richter (1969) ‘SCHWEIZER ALPEN’ Motif A1 A2 B1 B2 B3” on the reverse. On thin cardboard. 69 x 68.1 cm (27.1 x 26.8 in), thre full sheet.
Motif A2. Sheet 2 of a series of 5 screen prints based on the 1969 paintings of the same name (catalog numbers of the paintings: 224/1–5), which in turn are based on photographs Richter took from an airplane window during a trip to Milan in 1968.
Printed by Hans H. Hotze, Essen. Published by the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg. [AH].
• Based on the painting of the same name.
• Bird’s-eye view: Richter took the photographs—which served as the basis for the paintings and silkscreen prints—from the airplane window.
• Other silkscreen prints of the “Swiss Alps” motif are held in international collections such as the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (motif A1).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection, Southern Germany.

LITERATURE: Hubertus Butin, Gerhard Richter. Editions 1965–2013, Cologne 2014, CR no. 20 (A2) (illusstrated, likely a different copy).
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Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Online Sale, Nov. 18, 2013, lot 3202.

In good condition. Slightly worn in places and with some light brown spots. The upper part of the sheet has a slight horizontal crease and shows some light handling creases. Overall, it presents a harmonious appearance.
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