1999.238 Gerhard Richter, Un-Painting (Gray) (Vermalung [grau])


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In Un-Painting (Gray), Gerhard Richter smeared liquid paint with his finger in numerous strokes onto synthetic paper. While his gesture was captured in the traces that remain, the title points more to destruction than creation.

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

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

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  • 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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In Un-Painting (Gray), Gerhard Richter smeared liquid paint with his finger in numerous strokes onto synthetic paper. While his gesture was captured in the traces that remain, the title points more to destruction than creation.

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

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
  • 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.

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Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

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PROVENANCE 

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