Art Hatje Cantz Verlag | Gerhard Richter Catalogue Raisonne. Volume 2

Gerhard Richter’S Oeuvre Embraces In Excess Of Three Thousand Individual Works. Over A Period Of Five Decades He Has Created A Stylistically Heterogeneous, Complex Body Of Work That Testifies To His Status As The Most Important Living Artist Of Our Time. This Long-Awaited First Volume Of The Catalogue Raisonné Is Being Released On The Occasion Of The Artist’S Eightieth Birthday In February 2012.
Dietmar Elger, Director Of The Gerhard Richter Archive At The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Has Spent Years Researching And Preparing This Publication. The Six-Volume Catalogue Raisonné Of All Of Richter’S Paintings And Sculptures Will Be Published Over The Next Seven Years. Aside From The Richly Colored Illustrations, Many Of Them Full-Page, It Includes Full Technical Details, Information About The Artist’S Handwritten Notes, And The Provenance, Bibliography, And Exhibitions Of Each Individual Work. This Information Is Supplemented By Commentary, Quotes, And Comparison Images.

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Gerhard Richter (*1932, Dresden) Is One Of The Most Influential Artists Of Our Time. Over The Course Of Six Decades, A Stylistically Diverse Oeuvre, Characterized By A Wealth Of Motifs And A Uniquely Original Quality Has Emerged. Richter Studied From 1961 – 1964 At The Kunstakademie DüSseldorf, Where He Later Taught As A Professor. He Lives And Works In Cologne.

Dietmar Elger (*1958, Hannover) Has Been Director Of The Gerhard Richter Archive At The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Since 2006.