Venice (Staircase) [Venedig (Treppe)] — Gerhard Richter

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Artist: Gerhard Richter
Date: 1985
Location: Art Institute of Chicago

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Gerhard Richter

1932 · Germany

Richter fled East Germany months before the Berlin Wall went up, then painted both memory and uncertainty.

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