Kleine Badende
Kleine Badende
Signed Print
Gerhard Richter
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Medium: Photographic print
Edition size: 45
Year: 1996
Size: H 68cm x W 50cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Kleine Badende - Signed Print | |||
| September 2021 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Kleine Badende - Signed Print | |||
| March 2021 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Kleine Badende - Signed Print | |||
| July 2015 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Kleine Badende - Signed Print | |||
| February 2013 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Kleine Badende - Signed Print | |||
| September 2011 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Kleine Badende - Signed Print | |||
| May 2008 | Phillips New York - United States | Kleine Badende - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Kleine Badende (1996) is a signed photographic print by internationally acclaimed German painter Gerhard Richter. Released in a special edition of 45, the artwork captures Richter’s unconventional approach to portraiture.
Kleine Badende depicts a young woman in a white hat as she stands naked against a dark wall. A white piece of cloth covers the lower part of her body and her eyes are focused on the left side of the image. Portraits as a recurring theme in Richter’s work exemplify his innovative way of thinking about painting. His early black and white paintings, such as Mutter und Tochter (1964) were made from magazine photographs. As so often in Richter’s portraits, the identity of the subject in Kleine Badende is obscured. Through the effect of blurring, Richter questions the nature of memory, human relationships as well as the way we view the world around us. Richter commented on the function of the blurring technique: “I blur things so that they do not look artistic or craftsmanlike but technological, smooth and perfect. I blur things to make all the parts a closer fit. Perhaps I also blur out the excess of unimportant information.”