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Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Picture)

Photo: Susan Cole

Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Picture)

1993

Gerhard Richter

German, born 1932

Oil on canvas
94 1/2 x 94 1/2 in. (240 x 240cm)
Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2014.25.64
Provenance: [Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Apr. 28, 1994
Photo: Susan Cole
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5, 2007 - Sept. 9, 2007
Published ReferencesIshikawa, Chiyo, ed. A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 61, reproduced. p. 63

Upchurch, Michael. "Seattle Art Museum acquires major artworks: The Wright Collection," on the Arts Page of the Seattle Times, http://blogs.seatltetimes.com/artspage/2014/10/02/seattle-art-museum-acquires-major-artworks-the-wright-collection/, reproduced.

Graves, Jen. "The Great Wright Collection Comes to Seattle Art Museum (and the Marvelous Wright Exhibition Space Closes October 14)," on The Stranger Slog, online (http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/10/06/the-great-wright-collection-comes-to-seattle-art-museum-and-the-marvelous-wright-exhibition-space-closes-october-14), reproduced.

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