Train Station
- Date
- 1967
- Material
- Offset lithograph
- depicts
- Hanover, Niedersachsen state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 18 13/16 x 22 15/16 in. (47.8 x 58.3 cm)
sheet: 22 13/16 x 27 1/8 in. (57.9 x 68.9 cm)
framed: 30 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 2 in. (77.5 x 95.3 x 5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- © Gerhard Richter, 2013
- Object Number
- 165:1990
NOTES
In the 1960s, Gerhard Richter began experimenting with the industrial printing techniques used in this print. Here, Richter altered a postcard image of a building to create a circle of light at the center. He then had the image printed out of register, or misaligned, resulting in a blurred effect that lends a sense of mystery and drama. By using a common illustration as a starting point, Richter intended his print to be an amusing commentary on the relationship between commercial and fine art.
Provenance
Joachim Zimmerman, Erbach, Germany [1]
- 1990
Galerie Grässlin Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany
1990 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Galerie Grässlin Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany [2]
Notes:
[1] See Michael Edward Shapiro, "Gerhard Richter, Paintings, Prints, and Photographs in the Collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum," The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1992 Summer Bulletin: 54.
[2] Invoice dated October 30, 1990 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 19, 1990.
- 1990
Galerie Grässlin Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany
1990 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Galerie Grässlin Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany [2]
Notes:
[1] See Michael Edward Shapiro, "Gerhard Richter, Paintings, Prints, and Photographs in the Collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum," The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1992 Summer Bulletin: 54.
[2] Invoice dated October 30, 1990 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 19, 1990.
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