Station (577-2)
Artist
Gerhard Richter
German, born 1932
Date1985
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions98 7/8 x 98 7/8 in. (251.1 x 251.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), the North Carolina Museum of Art Guild, and various donors, by exchange
Object number96.2
On View
On viewProvenanceCreated Cologne, 1985; collection of the artist; [possibly Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich]; private collection, New York; [Sotheby’s, New York, November 1, 1994, no. 53A, illus. (color), bought-in]; [Gagosian Gallery, New York]; [Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, 1996]; sold to NCMA, 1996.
Published ReferencesDietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter Bilder Paintings 1962-1985 (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1986), illus. (color) 329, as no. 577/2.
Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Gerhard Richter, Kunst und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1993, Vol 3: catalogue raisonné, listed 178 as no. 577-2, illus. (color).
Chuck Twardy, "High time for contemporary artworks," Raleigh: News and Observer (June 29, 1997), 1G, 8G, illus. (color) 1G.
Michele Natale, "Art," Raleigh: Spectator Magazine (September 18, 1997), illus. (b-w).
John W. Coffey, entry for Station (577-2), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 249, illus. (color).
Chuck Twardy, "Gifts to ourselves," Raleigh: The News and Observer, "What's Up" insert (December 12, 1997), 15.
M. Therese Southgate, M.D., "The Cover," JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 289, no. 12 (March 26, 2003), discussed 1474, illus. (color) 1465, 1474, and cover.
Max Halperen, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," (exhibition review) Art Papers (November/December 2004), mentioned 45.
John W. Coffey, entry for Station (577-2), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 524, illus. (color) 525, detail (color) cover.
Camille Morineau, “The Blow-Up, Primary Colours and Duplications,” in Gerhard Richter: Panorama, Mark Godfrey and Nicholas Serota, eds. (exhibition catalogue) (London: Tate Publishing, 2011), mentioned and illus. (color) 130, fig. 32 (catalogue only, not in exhibition).
Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonne Vol. 3 (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2013), cat. no. 577-2, illus. (color) 459.
Helena Feder, ed., “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art" (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 222-223 (detail).
Dan Wallace, "Spring in Space" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 58.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.
Savannah, GA, Telfair Museum of Art's Jepson Center for the Arts, "Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," January 23-April 27, 2008.
Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 22, 2008-May 17, 2009.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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