Description Property from a Private American Collection Gerhard Richter b. 1932 Abstraktes Bild signed Richter, dated 1986 , numbered 596 and inscribed Teil A (on the reverse of left panel); numbered 596 and inscribed Teil B (on the reverse of right panel) oil on canvas, in two parts overall: 260 by 400 cm. 102⅜ by 157½ in. Executed in 1986. Condition Report To request a Condition Report, please contact haleigh.stoddard@sothebys.com . For any other sale enquiries please contact emma.baker@sothebys.com . Provenance Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich Mary Boone Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the above in June 1986) John and Mary Papajohn, Des Moines Sotheby’s New York, 14 November 2007, lot 21 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Exh. Cat. (and catalogue raisonné), Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Gerhard Richter: 1962-1993 , Volume III, Bonn, 1993, n.p., no. 596, illustrated in colour Renato Diez, "Grandi Maestri. Gerhard Richter," Arte , December 2008, pp. 110-11, illustrated in colour; illustrated in colour on cover (detail) Exh. Cat., London, Tate Modern (and travelling),  Gerhard Richter: Panorama, 2012, p. 136 (text) Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné 1976-1987 , Vol. III, Ostfildern, 2013, p. 504, no. 596, illustrated in colour Exhibited Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Beuys zu Ehren , July – November 1986, p. 483, illustrated in colour Berlin, Neue Berliner Galerie im Alten Museum; Dresden, Galerie Neue Meister; Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen; Hanover, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Positionen. Malerie aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland , October 1986 – March 1987, pp. 178-79, illustrated in colour Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center, Shifting Visions: O'Keeffe - Guston - Richter , October 1998 – January 1999, p. 64, illustrated in colour