(born Dresden in 1932)
Strip, 2011, inscribed, signed and dated Richter 2011 ‘Probe für Edition STRIP (no. 148)’ on the reverse, digital inkjet print (pigment print) in 11 colours, on cardboard, mounted on white aluminium Dibond plate, image size 39.5 x 99 cm, overall size 52.4 x 114.3 cm, printed by Print Publisher Plitt, Oberhausen, framed, (PS)

Provenance:
Private Ownership, North Rhine-Westphalia -
directly from the artist

Expertise:
Hubert Butin, Berlin, April 2015.

The present original design will be included as a supplement to the catalogue raisonné.

Literature:
Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert, Thomas Olbricht, Gerhard Richter, Editionen 1965–2013, 2014, no.148.
The present proof, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black felt pen, was executed prior to the edition and with alternate dimensions.

‘After a detail from the oil painting Abstraktes Bild dated 1990 (CR of paintings: no. 724–4). The painting’s motif was broken down into 4096 vertical segments on the computer, each the height of the image. The number on the reverse of the print indicates which of these segments was randomly selected by the artist for it to be reflected multiple times, creating a geometrical, repeating pattern of long, horizontal strips. As each print is based on a different vertical segment, each sheet displays a different pattern of colours.’ (Butin/Gronert/Olbricht, p. 320)