Portrait Karl-Heinz Hering. 1968.
Oil on canvas.
Elger 197-6. Verso signed and dated. Titled on the stretcher. 86.5 x 67 cm (34 x 26.3 in).
- From the artist's sought-after early period of the black and white photo pictures
- Stephan Gronert calls the portrait the most interesting picture from the group of the early portraits.
- Of utmost rarity on the art market.
PROVENANCE: Collection Karl-Heinz Hering, Düsseldorf.
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York.
Private collection Europe (since 2010, directly from aforementioned).
EXHIBITION: Gerhard Richter, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, February 12 - May 16, 2005; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich, June 4 - August 21, 2005.
Prima Facie. Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 27, 2015 - April 1, 2016.
LITERATURE: Armin Zweite, Sehen, Reflektieren, Erscheinen. Anmerkungen zum Werk von Gerhard Richter, in: Gerhard Richter, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2005, p. 14 (with illu. on p. 135).
Helga Meister, Vom Narrendekorateur über den heimlichen Fotografen zum Star (exhibition review: K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf), in: Westdeutsche Zeitung, February 20, 2005, p. 21 (with illu.).
Stefan Gronert, Das Portrait des Abbilds, in: Gerhard Richter. Porträts, Museumsberg Flensburg, 2006, pp. 94-95 (with illu. on p. 27).
Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst (auction catalog), Sturies Kunst & Auktionen, Düsseldorf, auction on June 6, 2006, lot 149, pp. 63-65 (with illu. XVII).
"The photo is the most perfect image; it does not change, it is absolute, meaning it is independent, unconditional, without style. For the way how it reports and what it reports it is my guide."
Gerhard Richter, quote after: Gerhard Richter, Text, Cologne 2008, p. 30.