Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Venedig (Insel) (Venice (Island))

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
Venedig (Insel) (Venice (Island))
signed, incorrectly numbered and dated '586-2 Richter, 1985' (on the reverse); signed, numbered, titled and dated '"Venedig" 586-1 G. Richter' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 27 ½in. (50.4 x 70cm.)
Painted in 1985

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Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner in 1987.

Literature
J. Harten and D. Elger (eds.), Gerhard Richter Bilder: Paintings 1962-1985, exh. cat., Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, 1986, p. 402, no. 586/1 (studio view illustrated in colour on the front cover; illustrated in colour, p. 346; studio view illustrated, p. 355).
G. Honnef-Harling, "Gerhard Richter. Bilder 1962-1985," in Kunstforum International, no. 83, March-May 1986, p. 232 (illustrated in colour).
F. Jahn (ed.), Gerhard Richter. Atlas, Munich, 1989, p. 15.
Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.), Gerhard Richter, Werkübersicht/Catalogue Raisonné: 1962-1993, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit 1993, p. 179, no. 586-1 (illustrated in colour, p. 96).
P. Viviente, ‘Gerhard Richter: La Experiencia de la Naturalenza,’ in Arte Omega, September 1994, p. 8.
R. Beil, "Sublimes Teneriffa," in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 5 November 1998, p. 45 (illustrated).
U. Clewing, "Du sollst dir kein Bild machen," in Der Tagesspiegel, 7 December 1998, p. 26 (illustrated).
K. Thomas, Kunst in Deutschland seit 1945, Cologne 2002, p. 386 (illustrated in colour).
B. Eble, Gerhard Richter, La Surface du Regard, Paris 2006, p. 216.
K. Thomas, F. Seydel and H. Sowa, Kunst Bildatlas, Stuttgart/Leipzig 2007, p. 26 (illustrated in colour).
M. Augustin, Honigwarme Pupillen, Stuttgart, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg 2010, p. 8 (illustrated in colour).
D. Elger (ed.), Gerhard Richter: Landscapes, Ostfildern-Ruit 2011, pp. 28 and 175, no. 586-1, (illustrated in colour, p. 105).
M. Godfrey and N. Serota (eds.), Gerhard Richter, Panorama, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2011, p. 132.
D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné, Nos. 389 –651-2, Volume 3 1976- 1987, Ostfildern-Ruit 2013, p. 478, no. 586-1 (illustrated in colour, p. 479; studio view illustrated in colour on the inside front cover).
G. Jansen (ed.), Schaf und Ruder / Wool and Water, exh. cat. Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 2016, p. 11.

Exhibited
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, The Sublime Void: On the Memory of the Imagination, 1993, p. 273, no. 586-1.
Hanover, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Gerhard Richter. Landscapes, 1998-1999, p. 124, no. 586-1 (illustrated in colour, p. 84).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gerhard Richter. Billede efter billede / Gerhard Richter – Image after Image, 2005, p. 95, no. 58 (illustrated in colour, p.73).