Glass and wood
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
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11 Panes
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
furnishings
mirror
natural phenomena
objects
reflection
visual illusion
sculpture glass wood
23 April 2007 – 23 March 2008
2008-03-23
27 April 2007 – 23 March 2008
2008-03-23
2007-04-27
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2007-04-23
Gerhard Richter
Collection based display
8 November 2008 – 4 January 2009
2009-01-04
8 November 2008 – 4 January 2009
2009-01-04
2008-11-08
Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.royalscottishacademy.org
2008-11-08
Richter
Loan-out
28 August 2009 – 15 November 2009
2009-11-15
28 August 2009 – 15 November 2009
2009-11-15
2009-08-28
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Middlesbrough, UK)
http://www.visitmima.com/
2009-08-28
Gerhard Richter: Modern Times
Loan-out
6 October 2011 – 24 September 2012
2012-09-24
6 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-10-06
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
13 February 2012 – 13 May 2012
2012-05-13
2012-02-13
Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)
http://www.neue-nationalgalerie.de/
6 June 2012 – 24 September 2012
2012-09-24
2012-06-06
Robert Rubin
2011-10-06
Gerhard Richter: Panorama
Exhibition
9 July 2013 – 4 May 2014
2014-05-04
9 July 2013 – 20 April 2014
2014-04-20
2013-07-09
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2013-07-09
ARTIST ROOMS Gerhard Richter
Collection based display
8 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
2026-03-31
8 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
2026-03-31
2025-10-08
Fondation Louis Vuitton Pour La Création (Paris, France)
2025-10-08
Gerhard Richter: Sixty Years
Loan-out
11 Panes
object, each: 2780 × 2120 × 8 mm, 118 kg
overall: 2900 × 2120 × 540 mm, 1298 kg
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Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>Richer began to use glass in his work in 1967, when he made ‘4 Panes of Glass’. In that work, each pane was framed and fixed to a stand, so that one could look through them individually. It had a strong cerebral content, in keeping with the contemporary Conceptual Art movement, but it also had a certain dead-pan humour. What are paintings, after all, it seemed to say, but windows on the world? ’11 Panes of Glass’, made almost forty years later, is much less conceptual. By stacking them up, one after another, Richter is able to play with glass’s ability, both to be looked through, and to reflect. Because there are multiple panes, the transparency is incrementally affected by the reflectivity of the glass. As one moves closer and away from the work, the distortions vary and one sees oneself reflected several times over. The blurring effect is similar to that found in Richter’s photo-paintings.</p>

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emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities furnishings mirror natural phenomena objects reflection visual illusion