RICHTER, GERHARD
1932 Dresden

Title: Kugelobjekt I (Prototype).
Date: 1969.
Technique: Black-and-white photograph, two steel spheres and glass pane in a box made of beaverboard card.
Measurement: 15.5 x 11 x 1.5 cm.
Notation: Dedicated and signed verso. Here, additionally labelled and dated by a hand other than that of the artist: (MODEL FOR THE BOX) 1969.


This work is unique. It is one of only two known prototypes for Richter's Kugelobjekt-Edition, Cat. rais. Butin no. 28. An expert opinion confirming its authenticity by Hubertus Butin dated 7.1.2026 is available



Provenance:
- - Private Collection North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist)

- Private Collection North Rhine-Westphalia


Literature:
- Cf. Butin, Hubert/Gronert, Stefan/Olbricht, Thomas (eds.): Gerhard Richter - Editions 1965-2013, Ostfildern 2014, cat. rais. no. 28, Ill



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