GERHARD RICHTER b.1932 (German) Lot n° 179

FAZ overpainted, 2002 oil on offset print on lightweight cardboard on cardboard 39 x 55 cm (15 x 21 in.) signed and dated upper right, numbered "20/32' upper center PROVENANCE: Private collection, Germany. LITERATURE: Spieler, R., Gelshorn, J., Kania, E. and Krystof D., Gerhard Richter Ohne Farbe/Without Color, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005 pp. 66-67 (color illustration). Butin, H. and Gronet, S., Gerhard Richter. Editions 1965-2004 Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004 n.122. Editionen CR: 122. Based on a photograph of a 2001 copy of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). The hand visible on the right is that of Richter. The photograph was taken for a FAZ advertising campaign with the slogan "There is always a clever head behind it." (*)