Corsica (House)

1969

German, born 1932

Oil on canvas

45 1/2 x 51 1/4 in. (115.6 x 130.2 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2014.25.63

Provenance: [Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California]; [Gagosian Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 1990; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4 - May 5, 1999.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Reverberations: Contemporary Art and Modern Classics, Dec. 22, 2022 - ongoing.

Published ReferencesStorr, Robert. “Gerhard Richter: The Day is Long”, Art in America, January 2002; pp.66-75, reproduced p.69.

Elger, Dietmar. Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonne volume 2 1968-1976. Staatliche: Cantz, 2016; p. 107, reproduced fig. 211.

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