Gerhard Richter

Abstraktes Bild (Haut) [Abstract Painting (Skin)]

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About this artwork

After 2000, Richter made a number of works that dealt with scientific phenomena, in particular, with aspects of reality that can’t be seen by the naked eye. This work, which translates as ‘Abstract Painting (Skin)’, deals with the visual patterns that sound vibrations create when brought into proximity to the surface of milk (skin). The actual image derives from experiments carried out in 2000 by the German artist, Carsten Nicolai (born 1965). The repeated pattern of forms, albeit indistinct and out of focus in some areas, is also found in Richter’s later paintings and prints about earth elements, such as silicate and strontium.

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  • artist:
    Gerhard Richter (born 1932) German
  • title:
    Abstraktes Bild (Haut) [Abstract Painting (Skin)]
  • date created:
    2004
  • materials:
    Oil paint on canvas
  • measurements:
    230.00 x 204.90 x 6.80 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2008
  • accession number:
    AR00028
  • gallery:
  • artwork photographed by:
    Antonia Reeve
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Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter