Black & white photographic illus. to recto, details on verso. Large photographic card. Zurich: Konrad Fischer, 1982.
A lavishly produced exhibition announcement for Richter’s 1982 show in Zurich. The artist’s painting Tisch [Table] (catalogue raisonné no. 508) is depicted on the recto. Fine.
❧ Gerhard Richter website (accessed May 2025). More
Five black & white illus. Illustrated flyer, folded for mailing. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1970.
Flyer produced for Richter’s debut presentation with Konrad Fischer’s gallery. The two had a difficult friendship stretching back to their time as students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. With Sigmar Polke, the three then started the Capitalist Realism movement in 1963. Richter (b. 1932) went on to have six exhibitions with Fischer.
The flyer has five small images of the artist's paintings and a complete listing of the pictures selected for the show, with their catalogue raisonné numbers. Printed on Fischer’s letterhead, it also lists the other... More
Color photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1975.
Scarce postcard invitation made for Richter’s third solo presentation at Konrad Fischer. This was the first time the artist’s surreal portraits of Gilbert & George were shown. Richter based them on photographs of the duo, from which he executed eight paintings. Gilbert & George had asked Richter to paint them during their March 1974 exhibition with Fischer. The recto illustration depicts the painting Gilbert & George (1975) [cat. raisonné no. 383].
In excellent condition.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992... More
Black & white photographic illus., details on verso. Photographic postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1972.
Postcard invitation to Richter’s second show at the gallery of his comrade-in-arms Konrad Fischer. Despite their tumultuous relationship, Richter (b. 1932) exhibited at the gallery six times, his debut occurring April-May 1970. The photograph on the recto depicts one of the three paintings shown: Rot-Blau-Gelb (rötlich) [cat. raisonné no. 327], Rot-Blau-Gelb (grünlich) [no. 328], and Rot-Blau-Gelb [no. 329]. The first two entered the collection of Sylvia and Ulrich Ströher and are now at the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst in Duisburg. The third is at... More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1971.
The rare postcard invitation for Richter’s first solo show at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery in Northern Germany. The artist presented paintings from his 180 Colors series. A silk-screened poster was also made for the occasion.
In fine condition.
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
See the “Exhibitions” page on Gerhard Richter’s website. More
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1977.
Postcard invitation, with a close-up photograph of a painting, for Richter’s 1977 show with his long-time collaborator (and occasional antagonist) Konrad Fischer.
In fine condition.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 134. More
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975.
Postcard invitation for Richter’s third exhibition at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, the gallery run by Jürgen Wesseler since 1967. The artist displayed two seascape paintings (catalogue raisonné nos. 375 & 377).
In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer Wim Crouwel (1928-2019).
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Black & white illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1973.
Rare postcard invitation for Richter’s second show at Jürgen Wesseler’s space in Bremerhaven. With a reproduction of one of the artist’s paintings on the recto. In fine condition.
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
One full-page black & white illus. One folded sheet forming [4] pp. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1966.
The very rare exhibition card for Richter’s 1966-7 solo show with René Block. The illustration is a reproduced installation photograph. Check-list of works and list of exhibitions on the fourth page. In fine condition. WorldCat records a single copy worldwide (as of January 2025).
❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 461 (pictured). More
Square paper poster (502 x 482 mm.), silk-screened in green. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1973.
A highly sought-after exhibition poster, silk-screened by gallerist Jürgen Wesseler (1938-2023) for Richter’s second exhibition at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven. The screen-printed text delightfully shifts from bright green to a darker shade from left to right.
Near fine; the faintest wear to the lower right edge and inoffensive crease to the upper left corner.
❧ E. Kleimann, ed., 50 Jahre Avantgarde: Das Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven (2018), p. 28 (no. 25). More
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128 black & white illus. 1 p.l., 64, [1] p. colophon. 8vo, pictorial softcover. Halifax, Canada: The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1980.
First edition, now scarce on the market, of Richter’s beautifully designed artist’s book that meticulously documents one of his paintings; edition of 500 copies, according to Miess. From Richter’s note in-fine: “In the summer of 1978 I took photographs of the surface of an oil sketch on canvas (78 x 52 cm, 1978 – it had been previously exhibited in my exhibition Pictures at the Anna Leonowen’s Gallery of the Nova Scotia... More