Flugzeug I. 1966.
Silkscreen in lattice in two shades of gray.
Butin 5. Signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 50 copies. On cardboard. 48.3 x 79.7 cm (19 x 31.3 in). Sheet: 59,4 x 79,7 cm (23,3 x 31,3 in).
Printed by Löw Siebdruck, Stuttgart. Published by Kaufhof and Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe. This edition is based on a photograph of an picture in a newspaper. [AW].

• Gerhard Richter subtly questions the claim to reality of the medium photography.
• Contemporary comment on the Lockheed bribery scandals.
• Veiled effect achieved through the subtle alignment of blue and gray.
• Early subversive work by Gerhard Richter, one of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st century.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.