Object on a Table, from Nine Objects / Neun Objekte, 1969
Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Offset Lithograph on firm wove paper
44.9 x 44.9 / 17.7 x 17.7 in
This Offset Lithographs is Hand Signed and Dated by the artist "Richter, 1969" in pencil at the lower right margins.
It is Hand Numbered in pencil “51/80” on the lower right margin.
It was co-published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich and Verlag G. v. Pape, Munich in 1969 in a limited edition of 80 impressions with 20 few artist’s proofs.
It was printed by Hoppe & Werry, Mulheim an der Ruhr.
This impression is illustrated in the Gerhard Richter official website.
Note: In this portfolio Richter produced very elaborate optical illusions. He constructed the nine three-dimensional objects himself and photographed them in everyday environments.
Then he had the photographs professionally retouched so that the constructions appeared spatially impossible. He then re-photographed the reworked images and printed them using offset technique.