Gerhard Richter - Übermalte Fotografien - Hatje Cantz 2008

Throughout his multifaceted oeuvre, Gerhard Richter has repeatedly used photographs as the basis for his works. His blurred paintings based on photographic models have been examined extensively by art researchers. In contrast, however, Richter has also painted directly over commercially available photo prints with oil paint. Inspired by the random splashes and traces of colour on the models for his paintings, he created pictorial overpaintings. Such overpaintings could already be found in Richter's Atlas. These usually small-format paintings are almost without exception in private ownership and are rarely shown in public. Even in these subjects, covered by a painterly veil, Richter proves himself to be a ‘master of keeping his distance,’ as Robert Storr once put it. This monograph offers a unique opportunity to appreciate a comprehensive body of work in the artist's oeuvre that has received little attention to date.

392p - GER - 26,6x22,8cm - cloth hardcover - perfect condition