11 Nov. 1996 (Teil des verworfenen Abstrakten Bildes 802-4). 1996.
Oil on canvas, firmly laid on a backing.
Signed and dated on the backing in lower left. Lower right monogrammed. Inscribed "7" on the reverse. 28.7 x 17 cm (11.2 x 6.6 in). Backing: 42 x 29,7 cm (16,5 x 11,6 in).
[AW].

• Fragment of the destroyed painting "Abstraktes Bild" from 1994.
• Things are destroyed to make room for new creation.
• Richter's legendary squeegee technique leads to impressive depictions of the obscure.
• Gerhard Richter has been one of the most world's best-paid contemporary artists for many years.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.

LITERATURE: Cf. online catalogue raisonné, no. 802-4.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist (ed.), Gerhard Richter. 100 Bilder, Ostfildern-Ruit 1996, no p. (color illu.).

"I don't have a specific image in mind, I want to end up with an image that I hadn't planned at all. So, this method of working with arbitrariness, chance, inspiration and destruction allows a certain type of picture to emerge, but never a predetermined one. The respective picture should develop from a painterly or visual logic, emerge as if inevitably."
Gerhard Richter in a conversation with Interview 1990, 1990