Gray Mirror
- Date
- 1991
- Material
- Paint and enamel on glass
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 241
- Dimensions
- 1: 118 1/16 x 69 1/16 in. (299.9 x 175.4 cm)
2: 118 1/16 x 69 1/16 x 3/16 in. (299.9 x 175.4 x 0.5 cm)
3: 118 1/16 x 68 15/16 in. (299.9 x 175.1 cm)
4: 118 x 69 in. (299.7 x 175.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Gerhard Richter
- Rights
- © Gerhard Richter, 2013
- Object Number
- 734:1991a-d
NOTES
Gerhard Richter applied monochrome gray paint to the reverse sides of these four glass panels. Instead of producing an image, Richter transforms the gray paint on glass into a mirrored surface. Viewers can see themselves and their surroundings reflected; one can interpret these monochromes as large-scale photographic plates of endless exposure. Blurring the boundary between painting and photography, the artist explores the complex relationship between abstraction and representation.
Provenance
1991 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by the artist [1]
Notes:
The four mirrors in "Gray Mirror" were fabricated in the United States through the Saint Louis Art Museum following detailed consultation with the artist [SLAM document files].
[1] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, January 16, 1992.
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by the artist [1]
Notes:
The four mirrors in "Gray Mirror" were fabricated in the United States through the Saint Louis Art Museum following detailed consultation with the artist [SLAM document files].
[1] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, January 16, 1992.
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