GERHARD RICHTER, Line Color Rainbow Mini Skirt, 2023
size M
fabric, 88% polyester, 12% elastane
Order-on-demand production through RedBubble, Melbourne, Australia
‘Designed and sold by Tabatha Anderson’, Manchester, USA
inv.GRich 000
Here the publisher is both dress designer and seller with the help of RedBubble Inc., a company that specializes in Order-on-demand. The print on the fabric is taken from the couver of a catalogue.
One may wonder whether this production – with the artist’s name ostentatious reproduced on the fabric – is made with the consent of Gerhard Richter. Yet, The Archive is Limited brings also unsigned works together, that have been produced during the artist’s lifetime. As such this skirt edition is archived as an authentic work. We consider it as being indirectly approved by or made with the consent of the artist, since apparently no legal forces prevented to have the offered item for sale. One may also look at it as an abuse of Gerhard Richter’s work and name or as a piracy’s action to reproduce the couver of a catalogue showing the name of its publisher Hatje Cantz.
In any case, this is clearly a matter of Product art, no doubt about that. KvG
Note.
On 19th of December 2023 this item was not for sale anymore. Between the 11th and 19th of December suddenly this skirt disappeared from the website of RedBubble, for unknown reasons.
GERHARD RICHTER, Abstract Cover Mini Skirt, 2023
fabric, 88% polyester, 12% elastane
size M
mint
Order-on-Demand production through RedBubble, Melbourne, Australia
‘Designed and sold by BlankaBlank’, Wiesbaden, Germany
inv.GRich 000
Here the publisher is both dress designer and seller with the help of RedBubble Inc. that specializes in Order-on-Demand.
One may wonder whether this production – with the artist’s name ostentatious reproduced on the fabric – is made with the consent of Gerhard Richter. Yet, The Archive is Limited brings also unsigned works together, that have been produced during the artist’s lifetime. As such this skirt edition has been archived as an authentic work. We consider it as being indirectly approved by or made with the consent of the artist, since apparently no legal forces prevented to have the offered items for sale. In any case, this is clearly a matter of Product art, no doubt about that. KvG
GERHARD RICHTER, Gerhard Richter, 2023
30 x 24 x 3 cm
HC, 192 pp., slipcase signed as issued; limited edition
mint
published by David Zwirner Books, New York, USA
€ 475,- + € 8,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.GRich 000-000
The catalogue shows colour plates and installation views. It concerns a selection of the artist’s final works on canvas—made just before he announced his retirement from oil painting in 2017. Also an expansive suite of new drawings made with ink, graphite, and colored pencil on paper, is depicted in the book with a glossy dust couver.
GERHARD RICHTER, 100 Abstract paintings, 2023
24 x 17 x 2,3 cm
HC, 208 pp., artist’s book
mint
published by David Zwirner Books, New York, USA
US$ 50.- for sale at David Zwirner Gallery Gerhard Richter books
inv.GRic 000
“The 100 Abstract Pictures shown here originated about five years ago, when I poured enamel paints on a fifty-by-fifty centimeter glass plates. The paints then flowed into one another without completely mixing. Thus they produced countless ephemeral abstract pictures, which I captured in photographs….” Gerhard Richter
The book includes ad randomly chosen letter combinations that were generated at random and put together into a kind of abstract concrete poetry.
History of price:
David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA US$ 50.- July 2023 (year of issue)
GERHARD RICHTER, Gerhard Richter, 1969
20 x 21,2 cm
catalogue, offset, SC, stapled, 28 pp., unpaginated
published by Gegenverkehr, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst Aachen, Germany
condition good; cover slightly yellowed at right side, tiny scuffed spot at left top corner, smudge on back of cover sold
GERHARD RICHTER, Abstract Painting 825-II 69 Details, 1996
18,5 x 12,2 cm
HC, 138 pp., 69 plates
edition 1000
published by Insel Verlag, for this edition Scalo, Zurich-Berlin-New York
splendid – mint condition
€ 360,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.GRich 104-pr
GERHARD RICHTER, Sils, 1992
15,5 x 11 cm
artist’s book, HC, 86 pp.
edition 1000, here number 464
signed, hand numbered
mint condition
published by Oktagon Verlag, München-Stuttgart, Germany
inv.GRich 102-pr
History of prices:
Golden Waves of Books, Fayetteville, USA January 2023 € 540,-
Gold Books, Austin, USA, January 2023 € 485,-
Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, USA, January 2023 € 455,-
Van Ham Auktionen, Cologne, Germany, 31 March 2022 € 990,- (hammer price)
GERHARD RICHTER, Tote bag, 2019 – number 2
18 x 18 inches
tote bag, dye print on polyester fibre
published by FineArtAmerica.com
produced by PX Pixels, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL, USA
p.o.r.
Fine Art America is a company comparable to RedBuble Pty Ltd that was founded in 2006 as a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products. In 2007, Broihier launched Fine Art America, also an ecommerce marketplace. Artists upload digital images of their artwork to fineartamerica.com and offer them for sale as frame prints, canvas prints, greeting cards and more. Once a purchase is made, Fine Art America outsources the printing, framing, matting, stretching, packaging, shipping and insuring.
FineArtAmerica.com sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised 2 patterns (details of a painting) that are offered as ‘by Gerhard Richter’, i.e. both 2 Throw pillows and 2 Tote bags. That brings one to the question whether Gerhard Richter or his team ‘uploaded digital images of artworks to fineartamerica.com’ or that e.g. Fine Art America got a license to publish and produce this product.
For some reason on the Tote bags number 2 and 3 no reference can found related to Gerhard Richter’s name, consent or authorisation. KvG, 28 October 2019
When one is looking for Richter’s Tote bags produced by various companies none of these bags are for sale anymore. Instead of making clear whether a product is an authentic item made with the consent of Richter, nowadays Tote bags are printed with squeegee reproductions designed by designers obviously inspired by the paintings of Gerhard Richter. This all makes the Tote bag number 2 a peculiar collector’s item. KvG, 17 March 2021
GERHARD RICHTER, Throw pillow, 2019 – number 2
30 x 33 x 13 cm
dye print on polyester fibre, inner filling pillow, zipper
published by RedBubble Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
produced by PX Pixels, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL, USA extremely rare
p.o.r.
RedBuble Pty Ltd was founded in 2006 as a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products. It sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised Gerhard Richter products. See more at RedBubble Gerhard Richter products. For some reason on the Throw pillow (number 2) itself no reference can found related to Gerhard Richter’s name or consent.
RedBuble Pty Ltd that was founded in 2006 as a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products. It sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised 2 patterns (details of a painting) that are offered as ‘by Gerhard Richter’, i.e. both 2 Throw pillows and 2 Tote bags. That brings one to the question whether Gerhard Richter or his team agreed on uploading digital images of his artworks or that it got a license to publish and produce these products.
For some reason on the “Throw pillows” number 2 and 3 no reference is found related to Gerhard Richter’s name, consent or authorisation. KvG, 28 October 2019
When one is looking for Richter’s ‘Throw pillows’ none of these pillowss are for sale anymore. Instead of making clear whether a product is an authentic item made with the consent of Richter, nowadays these products are printed with squeegee reproductions designed by designers obviously inspired by the paintings of Gerhard Richter. Other pillows are for sale with the name of a designer under the image, with the obvious attempt to avoid accusations of plagiarism. This all makes the ‘Throw pillow number 2’ a peculiar collector’s item.
KvG, 17 March 2021
GERHARD RICHTER, Throw pillow, 2019 – number 3
30 x 33 x 13 cm
dye print on polyester fibre, inner filling pillow, zipper
published by RedBubble Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
produced by PX Pixels, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL, USA
p.o.r.
RedBuble Pty Ltd was founded in 2006 as a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products. It sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised Gerhard Richter products. See more at RedBubble Gerhard Richter products. For some reason on the Throw pillow (number 3) itself no reference can found related to Gerhard Richter’s name or consent.
RedBuble Pty Ltd that was founded in 2006 as a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products. It sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised 2 patterns (details of a painting) that are offered as ‘by Gerhard Richter’, i.e. both 2 Throw pillows and 2 Tote bags. That brings one to the question whether Gerhard Richter or his team agreed on uploading digital images of his artworks or that it got a license to publish and produce these products.
For some reason on the Throw pillows number 2 and 3 no reference is found related to Gerhard Richter’s name, consent or authorisation. KvG, 28 October 2019
When one is looking for Richter’s Throw pillows none of these pillowss are for sale anymore. Instead of making clear whether a product is an authentic item made with the consent of Richter, nowadays these products are printed with squeegee reproductions designed by designers obviously inspired by the paintings of Gerhard Richter. This all makes the Throw pillow number 3 a peculiar collector’s item. KvG, 17 March 2021
