{"product_id":"gerhard-richter-colour-charts-hardcover","title":"Gerhard Richter: Colour Charts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerhard Richter\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eDietmar Elger\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eHubertus Butin\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1966, German artist Gerhard Richter (born 1932) embarked on a series of paintings: uniform grids of colored rectangles or squares in a chart configuration against a white background, inspired by industrially produced paint chips. With the exception of only one other painting, this marked the artist's first use of color and a turning point in his career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis comprehensive catalogue is the first publication dedicated to the original \u003ci\u003eColour Charts\u003c\/i\u003e, both those created in 1966 and those made in the '70s after a five-year hiatus. Featuring new essays by Dietmar Elger, head of the Gerhard Richter Archive; Hubertus Butin, curator and author of several key texts on Richter; and Jaleh Mansoor, professor at the University of British Columbia, whose research concentrates on modern abstraction and its socioeconomic implications, this is a handsome tribute to one of Richter's most groundbreaking bodies of work.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 12 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769814483232,"sku":"9781944379018","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e2b9005f3360989aef7537ed11fd79a3.webp?v=1780357437","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gerhard-richter-colour-charts-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}