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Background information
"Since publishing 'War Cut' in 2004, Gerhard RICHTER comes to a special interest for a new group of works - autonomous artists' books. 'Sinbad' is the title of a series of 98 lacquer pictures, painted on the back of panes of glass in 30 x 24 cm. format, from 2008. In their first exhibition, Gerhard RICHTER paired them as diptychs, like 49 double pages. As such the conception of this book was already clear at the time of their painting.
Content
For the artist book 'Sindbad', Gerhard RICHTER decided to reproduce all of the pictures of this series in an original format, cut over three pages, leaving a bar of two centimetres blank at the binding. This gives the book its form. The seven texts about 'Sinbad the Sailor', each set in three columns over double pages, give structure to the extensive, 'fairytale' series. The banderole around the book contains an introduction to the journey. Every detail - paper, typography, layout and flow of the book - was decided by the artist. The publisher only provided technical help. "Sinbad" is without doubt a further highlight in Gerhard RICHTER's series of artists' books." (© Koenig, 2010)
Additional information
The out-of-print artist's book 'Sindbad' by Gerhard RICHTER was printed in an edition of only 800 copies.
About the German artist, Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932, in Dresden)
Artist and photo books by Gerhard RICHTER
- Format
- Leinen gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag und Banderole, 4to. 116 S., 98 mit hochpigmentiertem Druck & im Siebdruckverfahren lackierte Farbtafeln, deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Limitiert auf nur 800 Exemplare.