Exhibitions
Richard Artschwager
Table and Chair, 1963‑64
Melamine and wood
755 x 1320 x 952 mm
Object: 1143 x 438 x 533 mm
Tate: Purchased 1983
Photo: Tate
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Apartment House, 1964
Liquitex, Celotex, Formica
177 x 126.5 x 16 cm
Museum Ludwig, Köln
Donation Collection Ludwig, 1976
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Fabrikhalle, 1969
Acrylic paint on drywall and chipboard, HPL
73.30 x 92.60 x 7 cm
Museum Ulm – Stiftung Sammlung Kurt Fried
Photo: Armin Buhl
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Tower III (Confessional), 1980
Formica and oak
152.5 x 119 x 81.1 cm
Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, permanent loan to the Öffentliche
Kunstsammlung Basel
Photo: Bisig & Bayer, Basel
Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Two Point Perspective, 1994
Acrylic on Celotex, Formica on wood, acrylic on wood
136 x 139 x 5 cm
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Heinz and Marianne Ebers-Stiftung
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Door }, 1983-84
Acrylic and lacquer on wood and glass, metal, two parts
207.6 x 165.1 x 24.8 cm
Collection Kerstin Hiller and Helmut Schmelzer, on loan to Neues Museum Nürnberg
Photo: Annette Kradisch
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Search for Tomorrow, 2004
Acrylic and fiber panel on artist’s frame
120.6 x 189.2 cm
Private collection
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Exclamation Point, 2010
Plastic bristles on a mahogany core painted with latex
165.1 × 55.9 × 55.9 cm
Private collection
Courtesy Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Photo: Allan Bovenberg
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Standing woman (Dirne), 1999
Acrylic, rubberized hair on Masonite
213.4 x 114.3 x 6.4 cm
Private collection, Vienna
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
City of Man, 1981
Acrylic and charcoal on Celotex and plastic laminate with plexiglass
197.5 × 458 × 13.3 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Promised gift of Emily Fisher Landau
P.2010.17.a-c
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Portrait Zero, 1961
Wood, screws, and rope
114.9 x 68.7 x 14 cm
Sammlung Michalke, Germany
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Weave (Green), 1991
Acrylic and Celotex on panel
171.2 x 131 x 9 cm
Courtesy Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli
Photo: Luciano Romano
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Table Prepared in the Presence of Enemies II, 1992
Wood, metal, screws and Formica
The SYZ Collection, Switzerland
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
Splatter Table, 1992
Laminate, wood, aluminum
Variable dimensions
Collection S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Ghent
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
Richard Artschwager
This Way – That Way, 2012
Acrylic on handmade paper on soundboard
130 x 116.8 cm
Augustus and Clara Artschwager Collection, Courtesy of Gagosian
© Estate of Richard Artschwager, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2020
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