1999.273 Gerhard Richter, Loo Paper


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Notorious for adopting an attitude of indifference toward his subject matter, Gerhard Richter’s Loo Paper presents an ordinary roll of toilet paper as an appropriate subject for high art.

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  • Label text, From Düsseldorf to Dallas: Postwar German Art in the DMA Collection, 2018.

NOTES
Streamlined process: did not get object file, no provenance or geography research. CLC, 12/17/18.

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  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Consider Loo Paper in connection with Richter's larger body of work and historical moment in this brief response to the photograph.
  • Guggenheim~Find out more about Richter and his various lines of investigation.
  • Dallas Museum of Art~Review the 2018 exhibition From Düsseldorf to Dallas: Postwar German Art in the DMA Collection. 

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Notorious for adopting an attitude of indifference toward his subject matter, Gerhard Richter’s Loo Paper presents an ordinary roll of toilet paper as an appropriate subject for high art.

Excerpt from
  • Label text, From Düsseldorf to Dallas: Postwar German Art in the DMA Collection, 2018.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Consider Loo Paper in connection with Richter's larger body of work and historical moment in this brief response to the photograph.
  • Guggenheim~Find out more about Richter and his various lines of investigation.
  • Dallas Museum of Art~Review the 2018 exhibition From Düsseldorf to Dallas: Postwar German Art in the DMA Collection. 

Notes
Streamlined process: did not get object file, no provenance or geography research. CLC, 12/17/18.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 

AUDIO ASSETS 

VIDEO ASSETS

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toilet paper: DMA
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