Gerhard Richter
Abstract Painting 825-II: 69 Details
Scalo, Zürich, 1996
A significant artist book by Gerhard Richter, built entirely around a single abstract painting: Abstract Painting 825-II.
Rather than presenting the painting as one complete image, Richter photographed 69 separate details from its surface. Each fragment is reproduced as an image in its own right, transforming one painting into a sequence of independent visual fields.
The publication turns close looking into the subject of the book itself. Viewed page by page, the original composition disappears and the details become autonomous images, shifting between abstraction, texture and landscape-like forms.
An afterword by Hans Ulrich Obrist reflects on the apparent absence of any fixed system behind the selection and sequencing of the fragments.
Published by Scalo in 1996, this English-language edition is recognised within Richter’s bibliography as an artist’s book.
Details
Gerhard Richter
Abstract Painting 825-II: 69 Details
Scalo, Zürich
1996
First English edition
Hardcover
Approx. 152 pages
English language
Afterword by Hans Ulrich Obrist
ISBN 9783931141424
Condition
Good vintage condition with light age-related wear. The original bookseller price sticker remains on the rear cover.
Please refer carefully to the photographs, which show the actual copy offered for sale.
A strong publication for collectors of Gerhard Richter, artist books, abstraction and important twentieth-century artists’ publications.
One copy available.
Gerhard Richter
Abstract Painting 825-II: 69 Details
Scalo, Zürich, 1996
A significant artist book by Gerhard Richter, built entirely around a single abstract painting: Abstract Painting 825-II.
Rather than presenting the painting as one complete image, Richter photographed 69 separate details from its surface. Each fragment is reproduced as an image in its own right, transforming one painting into a sequence of independent visual fields.
The publication turns close looking into the subject of the book itself. Viewed page by page, the original composition disappears and the details become autonomous images, shifting between abstraction, texture and landscape-like forms.
An afterword by Hans Ulrich Obrist reflects on the apparent absence of any fixed system behind the selection and sequencing of the fragments.
Published by Scalo in 1996, this English-language edition is recognised within Richter’s bibliography as an artist’s book.
Details
Gerhard Richter
Abstract Painting 825-II: 69 Details
Scalo, Zürich
1996
First English edition
Hardcover
Approx. 152 pages
English language
Afterword by Hans Ulrich Obrist
ISBN 9783931141424
Condition
Good vintage condition with light age-related wear. The original bookseller price sticker remains on the rear cover.
Please refer carefully to the photographs, which show the actual copy offered for sale.
A strong publication for collectors of Gerhard Richter, artist books, abstraction and important twentieth-century artists’ publications.
One copy available.
