Each book in Taschen's Basic Art movement and genre series includes a detailed Introduction with approximately 30 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, sporting, etc.) that took place during the time period.

Product Description: This German-only publication documents the seminal joint exhibition of Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) and Gerhard Richter (born 1932) at the Gallery H in Hannover in 1966, as well as the seminal artist's book that Polke and Richter designed together.

Product Description: This volume appears in honor of Gerhard Richter's 80th birthday. His world-renowned oeuvre consists in large part of photorealistic paintings. The book contains 21 works by American artist and photographer Louise Lawler, who examines how Gerhard Richter's paintings are handled within the context of museums, commercial galleries, auction houses, and in private and public collections...read more

Product Description: The Elbe monotypes were made by Gerhard Richter in 1957, just one year after he had graduated from art college in Dresden. Abstract, somewhat melancholic and comparatively small in scale, these 31 works were placed in the safekeeping of a friend when Richter fled the GDR in 1961, and have never previously been published...read more