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Medium: Photographic print
Edition size: 45
Year: 1996
Size: H 68cm x W 50cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
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February 2024 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
September 2021 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
March 2021 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
July 2015 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
February 2013 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
September 2011 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
May 2008 | Phillips New York | United States |
Kleine Badende (1996) is a signed photographic print by internationally acclaimed German painter Gerhard Richter. Released in a special edition of 45, the artwork captures Richter’s unconventional approach to portraiture.
Kleine Badende depicts a young woman in a white hat as she stands naked against a dark wall. A white piece of cloth covers the lower part of her body and her eyes are focused on the left side of the image. Portraits as a recurring theme in Richter’s work exemplify his innovative way of thinking about painting. His early black and white paintings, such as Mutter und Tochter (1964) were made from magazine photographs. As so often in Richter’s portraits, the identity of the subject in Kleine Badende is obscured. Through the effect of blurring, Richter questions the nature of memory, human relationships as well as the way we view the world around us. Richter commented on the function of the blurring technique: “I blur things so that they do not look artistic or craftsmanlike but technological, smooth and perfect. I blur things to make all the parts a closer fit. Perhaps I also blur out the excess of unimportant information.”
Hailing from Germany, Gerhard Richter has not been confined to one visual style. A testament to versatility and artistic diversity, Richter's work spans from photorealism to abstraction and conceptual art, and his portfolio is rich in varied media. From creating bold canvases to working on glass to distort the lines between wall-based art and sculpture, Richter has honed in on the blur technique to impart an ambiguity on his creations. To this day, Richter is one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century with his art having been presented in exhibitions worldwide. His global impact underscores his legacy as a trailblazer of artistic exploration.