GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This print is from an original photograph by an American military aircraft taken on February 14, 1945. It shows the outskirts of southern Cologne with numerous bomb craters, burned out houses, and the destroyed Roden Church of Rheinbruke. The images of the destroyed city and bridge provide evidence of the Allied bombing of Germany in the final phase of World War II. In this print, in which the historic photograph has been digitally manipulated, Gerhard Richter illustrates not a bomb's explosion and immediate violence, but its almost workaday aftermath.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, DMA unpublished material, 2001.
NOTES
- DMA unpublished material = TMS notes, and Charles Wylie, Acquisition Proposal, 2001. In the Collections Records object file (2001.287).
- fun fact source: acquisition justification
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Until 2001: Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
2001: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased through Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
The main source for this provenance is the Acquisition Proposal in the Collections Records object file (2001.287).
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- The DMA is the only public or private collection to house Richter's complete work in editions from 1965 to the present.
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General Description
This print is from an original photograph by an American military aircraft taken on February 14, 1945. It shows the outskirts of southern Cologne with numerous bomb craters, burned out houses, and the destroyed Roden Church of Rheinbruke. The images of the destroyed city and bridge provide evidence of the Allied bombing of Germany in the final phase of World War II. In this print, in which the historic photograph has been digitally manipulated, Gerhard Richter illustrates not a bomb's explosion and immediate violence, but its almost workaday aftermath.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, DMA unpublished material, 2001.
Fun Facts
- The DMA is the only public or private collection to house Richter's complete work in editions from 1965 to the present.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
- DMA unpublished material = TMS notes, and Charles Wylie, Acquisition Proposal, 2001. In the Collections Records object file (2001.287).
- fun fact source: acquisition justification
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2001: Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
2001: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased through Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
The main source for this provenance is the Acquisition Proposal in the Collections Records object file (2001.287).
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